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The Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) has been an immense undertaking involving the collective efforts of so many, including more than 70 authors, hundreds of reviewers, and the wiki support team. A special thanks goes to our primary sponsor, the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering, who provided unwavering support over the past three years.
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[[File:2019-05-29 16-46-15.mp4|thumb|Video Created by Rob Cloutier. (2019 SEBoK Editor in Chief, SEBoK Original)]]
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This article describes the contributors to the current version of the SEBoK. For information on contributors to past versions of the SEBoK, please follow the links under "[[Acknowledgements and Release History#SEBoK Release History|SEBoK Release History]]" below.  
  
With gratitude,
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The BKCASE Project began in the fall of 2009. Its aim was to add to the professional practice of systems engineering by creating two closely related products:
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*''Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK)''
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*''Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE)'' 
  
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==BKCASE History, Motivation, and Value==
  
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The '''Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK)''' is a living authoritative guide that discusses knowledge relevant to Systems Engineering.  It defines how that knowledge should be structured to facilitate understanding, and what reference sources are the most important to the discipline. The curriculum guidance in the '''Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE)''' (Pyster and Olwell et al. 2015) makes reference to sections of the SEBoK to define its core knowledge; it also suggests broader program outcomes and objectives which reflect aspects of the professional practice of systems engineering as discussed across the SEBoK.
  
==BKCASE==
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Between 2009 and 2012, BKCASE was led by Stevens Institute of Technology and the Naval Postgraduate School in coordination with several professional societies and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), which provided generous funding. More than 75 authors and many other reviewers and supporters from dozens of companies, universities, and professional societies across 10 countries contributed many thousands of hours writing the SEBoK articles; their organizations provided significant other contributions in-kind.  
The SEBoK was developed by the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering Project (BKCASE) (http://www.bkcase.org), which is concurrently producing the Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE). Nearly everyone involved in BKCASE has worked on both products.  Hence, the acknowledgements generally do not distinguish between contributions to SEBoK and GRCSE.
 
  
==Sponsor==
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The SEBoK came into being through recognition that the systems engineering discipline could benefit greatly by having a living authoritative guide closely related to those groups developing guidance on advancing the practice, education, research, work force development, professional certification, standards, etc.  
The Department of Defense recognizes the importance of SEBoK to its own workforce development and has provided substantial financial support and partnership to the project.  The office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering (DASD/SE) is the primary Department of Defense sponsor for the BKCASE Project.  DASD/SE has graciously provided much of the funding for SEBoK development through their Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) (see http://www.sercuarc.org). Those funds have primarily paid for the time spent by the SEBoK leadership, enabled the many volunteer authors to conduct quarterly physical workshops, and provided for the technical and administrative infrastructure to conduct such a complex distributed project. DASD/SE has not determined the content of the SEBoK, but instead allows the author team and the community to determine what the SEBoK should contain.  Without this support, this project would not be possible. Special thanks go to Stephen Welby, Kristen Baldwin, Nicholas Torelli, Don Gelosh, and Scott Lucero.
 
  
The remaining two thirds of the project cost were donations in-kind by our partners for the labor and travel support of their authors. We gratefully acknowledge their contributions.
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At the beginning of 2013, BKCASE transitioned to a new governance model with shared stewardship between the [http://www.sercuarc.org Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC)], the [http://www.incose.org International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)], and the [http://www.computer.org Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEE-CS)]. This governance structure was formalized in a memorandum of understanding between the three stewards that was finalized in spring of 2013 and subsequently updated. In January 2020, the [https://ieeesystemscouncil.org/ IEEE Systems Council] replaced the IEEE-CS in representing IEEE as a steward. The stewards have reconfirmed their commitment to making the SEBoK available at no cost to all users, a key principle of BKCASE.
  
==Part Team Leads==
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As of May 2022, SEBoK articles have had over 6M pageviews from more than 2M unique visitors. We hope the SEBoK will regularly be used by thousands of systems engineers and others around the world as they undertake technical activities such as eliciting requirements, creating systems architectures, or analyzing system test results; and professional development activities such as developing career paths for systems engineers, and deciding new curricula for systems engineering university programs.
The SEBoK is divided into seven primary ''Parts'' (see [[SEBoK Table of Contents]]).  For each of the Parts, someone graciously volunteered to lead a team of authors in writing the articles and coordinating article integration. This was an enormous amount of work. We would like to thank each of these individuals for their time, dedication, and leadership.  In addition, a member of the core team supported each of the part team leads.
 
  
*Part 1 - Barry Boehm with support from Art Pyster
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==Governance==
*Part 2 - Richard Adcock with support from Nicole Hutchison
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The SEBoK is shaped by the SEBoK Editorial Board and is overseen by the BKCASE Governing Board. A complete list of members for each of these bodies can be found on the [[BKCASE Governance and Editorial Board]] page.
*Part 3 - Garry Roedler with support from Jim Anthony
 
*Part 4 - Harold (Bud) Lawson with support from David Olwell
 
*Part 5 - Art Pyster with support from Alice Squires
 
*Part 6 - David Olwell with support from Art Pyster
 
*Part 7 - Heidi Davidz with support from Alice Squires
 
  
==Authors==
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== Content and Feature Updates for version 2.10==
As a primarily volunteer effort, BKCASE has depended on dozens of authors from around the world to provide their own time and expenses. Each of the individuals listed below has worked many hours to develop and improve SEBoK and GRCSE. Without each of them, it would have been impossible to succeed.  Many of them have been supported by their organizations during this effort, including support for travel and labor, and we also gratefully acknowledge the organizational contribution. 
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This version was released on 06 May 2024.  This release included:
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*A new [[Get Involved]] invitation page including a new SEBoK content review form
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*Significant Part 3 [[Systems Engineering and Management]] updates to reflect current practice
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**Renaming of [[System Life Cycle Models]] articles to simplify the titles
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**A new [[Requirements Management]] article
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**"Business and Mission Analysis" knowledge area renamed to [[System Concept Definition]]
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**"Stakeholder Needs and Requirements" is now [[Stakeholder Needs Definition]]
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**"Stakeholder Requirements Definition" is now [[System Requirements Definition]]
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**A new [[System Architecture Design Definition]] knowledge area article
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**The [[System Maintenance]] knowledge area has been reorganized
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*Minor updates to articles throughout the SEBoK
  
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You will see these identified in the left side outline and in the [[SEBoK Table of Contents]] page. Enjoy!
  
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==SEBoK Release History==
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There have been 22 releases of the SEBoK to date.  
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|Rick Adcock, ''Cranfield University'', UK
 
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|Nicole Hutchison, ''Stevens Institute of Technology'', USA
 
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|James F. Anthony, Jr., ''Sevatec, Inc.'', USA
 
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|Scott Jackson, ''University of Southern California'', USA
 
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|Erik Aslaksen, ''Sinclair Knight Merz'', Australia
 
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|Mo Jamshidi, ''University of Texas San Antonio'', USA
 
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|Richard Beasley, ''Rolls Royce'', UK
 
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|Cheryl Jones, ''U.S. Army'', USA
 
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|Barry Boehm, ''University of Southern California'', USA
 
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|Chul Whan Kim, ''Korea National Defense University (KNDU)'', South Korea
 
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|John Brackett, ''University of Boston'', USA
 
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|Harold “Bud” Lawson, ''Lawson Konsult AB'', Sweden
 
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|Chuck Calvano, ''Naval Postgraduate School'', USA
 
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|Yeaw Lip “Alex” Lee, ''Defence Science and Technology Agency'', Singapore
 
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|Aaron Eng Seng Chia, ''Naval University of Singapore'', Singapore
 
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|Ray Madachy, ''Naval Postgraduate School'', USA
 
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|Kyung-il Choe, ''Hankuk University of Foreign Studies'', South Korea
 
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|James Martin, ''Aerospace Corporation'', USA
 
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|Edmund Conrow, ''Management and Technology Associates'', USA
 
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|Greg Mayhew, ''Boeing'', USA
 
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|Paul Croll, ''CSC'', USA
 
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|Steve Mitchell, ''Lockheed Martin'', USA
 
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|Cihan Dagli, ''Missouri University of Science and Technology'', USA
 
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|Ken Nidiffer, ''Software Engineering Institute'', USA
 
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|Judith Dahmann, ''MITRE'', USA
 
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|David H. Olwell, ''Naval Postgraduate School'', USA
 
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|Heidi Davidz, ''UTC Pratt and Whitney'', USA
 
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|Bohdan (Bo) Oppenheim, ''Loyola Marymount University'', USA
 
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|Leopoldo Decardenas, ''Raytheon'', USA
 
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|Andrew Pickard, ''Rolls-Royce'', USA
 
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|Johann "Hans" Demmel, ''Institute of Industrial Engineers'', USA
 
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|Ricardo Pineda, ''University of Texas at El Paso'', USA
 
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|Jeremy Dick, ''Integrated Systems Engineering Ltd.'', UK
 
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|Daniel Prun, ''Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC)'', France
 
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|Charles Dickerson, ''Loughborough University'', UK
 
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|Art Pyster, ''Stevens Institute of Technology'', USA
 
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|David Dorgan, ''Raytheon'', USA
 
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|Garry Roedler, ''Lockheed Martin'', USA
 
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|Dov Dori, ''Technion, Israel Institute of Technology'' and ''Massachusetts Institute of Technology'', USA
 
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|Jean-Claude Roussel, ''European Aeronautical Defence and Space Company (EADS)'', France
 
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|Joseph J. Ekstrom, ''Brigham Young University'', USA
 
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|Hillary Sillitto, ''Thales Group'', UK
 
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|Marcia Enos, ''Lockheed Martin'', USA
 
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|John Snoderly, ''Defense Acquisition University'', USA
 
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|Dick Fairley, ''Colorado Technical University'', USA
 
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|Alice Squires, ''Stevens Institute of Technology'', USA
 
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|Alain Faisandier, ''Association Francaise d'Ingenierie Systeme and MAP Systeme'', France
 
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|Bill Stiffler, ''Raytheon'', USA
 
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|Tim Ferris, ''University of South Australia'', Australia
 
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|Massood Towhidnejad, ''Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University'', USA
 
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|Kevin Forsberg, ''Center for Systems Management'', USA
 
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|Guilherme Horta Travassos, ''Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)'', Brazil
 
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|G. Richard Freeman, ''Air Force Institute of Technology'', USA
 
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|Ricardo Valerdi, ''University of Arizona'', USA
 
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|Sanford Friedenthal, ''SAF Consulting'', USA
 
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|Mary VanLeer, ''Perceptive Systems, Inc.'', USA
 
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|Brian Gallagher, ''CACI'', USA
 
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|Qing Wang, ''Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences'', China
 
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|Michael Henshaw, ''Loughborough University'', UK
 
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|Brian Wells, ''Raytheon'', USA
 
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|Devanandham Henry, ''Stevens Institute of Technology'', USA
 
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|Brian White, ''CAU<SES'', USA
 
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|Tom Hilburn, ''Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University'', USA
 
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|Ken Zemrowski, ''TASC'', USA
 
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==Partners==
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=== Main Releases ===
Partner organizations support SEBoK by providing personnel, opportunities to discuss the SEBoK in open forums such as conferences and workshops, and provide valued feedback on draft SEBoK materials. Some organizations have also chosen to have an official representative(s) participate in BKCASE, as shown below. A special thanks to our partners.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 2.10|Version 2.10]] - current version.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 2.9|Version 2.9]] - The first release with Editor-in-Chief Nicole Hutchison and Managing Editor Chris Hoffman. New articles included Reverse Engineering a UAV Prototype using Agile Practices, System Security, and An overview of the SWEBOK Guide. Updated articles on Loss Driven Systems Engineering, System Resilience, and a change to persona-driven SEBoK user guidance instead of use cases that were introduced in v. 1.0.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 2.8|Version 2.8]] - this release included new articles on systems engineering and enterprise IT, and system adaptability; minor updates to several articles throughout the wiki; imrpovements to the wiki infrastructure; and Rob Cloutier's final edition of the SEBoK as Editor-in-Chief.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 2.7|Version 2.7]] - this release included new articles on loss-driven systems engineering and the history of systems engineering; updates to the article on systems and industrial engineering; and minor updates to improve resources and align with evolving practices throughout part 3, including in the articles around systems engineering standards and to the articles in Part 5, particularly the addition of new resources. There were also some improvements in the SEBoK wiki infrastructure.
  
*[http://www.incose.org The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)]. Official INCOSE representatives: Bill Miller and Kevin Forsberg.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 2.6|Version 2.6]] - this update included substantial evolution of Parts 2 and 3, the foundations of systems engineering and systems engineering approaches, methods, processes, and tools. The version also included more information on Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Digital Engineering, refinement of systems science foundations of systems engineering, and a new article on agile approaches. In Part 6 there were many new articles and updates to existing articles on the relationships between systems engineering and other disciplines.
*[http://www.computer.org/portal/web/guest/home The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society]. Official IEEE CS representatives are Dick Fairley, Tom Hilburn and Ken Nidiffer.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 2.5|Version 2.5]] - This version included an update of the main page; creation of the [[Editor's Corner]]; new sponsors and sponsorship packages; new navigation in the left-hand menu; small edits to address the comments received from the community. This release also updated to the latest version of MediaWiki, tightened up the IT infrastructure, and made some adjustments to improve performance.
*[http://www.ieeesystemscouncil.org/ The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Systems Council]. The official IEEE Systems Council representative is Ken Nidiffer.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 2.4|Version 2.4]] - This was a minor release, including reorganizations of Part 6 and 8 to handle new knowledge areas and topics. In addition, several new articles were added, including, Systems Engineering Heuristics, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Systems Engineering and Geospatial/Geodetic Engineering Knowledge Area, System Hardware Assurance, Socio-technical Systems, Verification and Validation of Systems in Which AI is a Key Element, and an introductory article on Artificial Intelligence. The content on Systems of Systems (SoS) was also updated.
*[http://iienet.org The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).] The official IIE representative is Johann "Hans" Demmel.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 2.3|Version 2.3]] - This was a minor release, including two new articles: [[Cycles and the Cyclic Nature of Systems]] and [[Portfolio Management]]. A number of additional minor edits, including a new overview graphic for the SEBoK, cleanup of existing pages, software updates, etc. were incorporated.
*[http://www.acm.org The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)]. The official ACM Representative is Andrew McGettrick.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 2.2|Version 2.2]] - This was a significant release, including the first new Part to be added since v. 1.0 - Emerging Knowledge - which is a place to highlight new topics in systems engineering that are important but may not yet have a large body of literature. Recent dissertations around emerging topics are also included. A new case study on Apollo 1 was added to Part 7, which has also been reorganized around topics. Additional minor updates have occurred throughout.
*[http://www.ndia.org/Divisions/Divisions/SystemsEngineering/Pages/default.aspx The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Systems Engineering Division].  The official NDIA Systems Engineering Division representative is Garry Roedler.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 2.1|Version 2.1]] - This was a significant release with new articles, new functionality, and minor updates throughout.
*[http://www.sercuarc.org The Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC)]. The official Systems Engineering Research Center representative is Art Pyster.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 2.0|Version 2.0]] - This was a major release of the SEBoK which included incorporation of multi-media and a number of changes to the functions of the SEBoK.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 1.9.1|Version 1.9.1]] - This was a micro release of the SEBoK which included updates to the editorial board, and a number of updates to the wiki software.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 1.9|Version 1.9]] - This was a minor update which included updates to the [[System Resilience]] article in [[Related_Disciplines|Part 6: Related Disciplines]], as well as a major restructuring of [[Systems_Engineering_Implementation_Examples|Part 7: Systems Engineering Implementation Examples]]. A new example has been added around the use of model based systems engineering for the thirty-meter telescope.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 1.8|Version 1.8]] - This was a minor update, including an update of the [[Systems of Systems (SoS)]] knowledge area in [[Applications of Systems Engineering|Part 4: Applications of Systems Engineering]] where a number of articles were updated on the basis of developments in the area as well as on comments from the SoS and SE community. [[Related Disciplines|Part 6: Related Disciplines]] included updates to the [[Manufacturability and Producibility]] and [[System Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability|Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability]] articles.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 1.7|Version 1.7]] - This was a minor update, including a new [[Healthcare Systems Engineering|Healthcare SE Knowledge Area (KA)]], expansion of the MBSE area with two new articles, [[Technical Leadership in Systems Engineering|Technical Leadership]] and [[System Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability|Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability]] and a new case study on the [[Northwest Hydro System]].   
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 1.6|Version 1.6]] - This was a minor update, including a reorganization of [[SEBoK Introduction|Part 1 SEBoK Introduction]], a new article on the [[Transitioning Systems Engineering to a Model-based Discipline|Transition towards Model Based Systems Engineering]] and a new article giving an overview of [[Healthcare Systems Engineering]], a restructure of the "Systems Engineering and Specialty Engineering" (now [[Systems Engineering and Quality Attributes]]) KA.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 1.5|Version 1.5]] - This was a minor update, including a restructure and extension of the Software Engineering Knowledge Area, two new case studies, and a number of corrections of typographical errors and updates of outdated references throughout the SEBoK.
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 1.4|Version 1.4]] - This was a minor update, including changes related to ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015 standard, three new case studies and updates to a number of articles.
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*[[Development of SEBoK v. 1.3|Version 1.3]] - This was a minor update, including three new case studies, a new use case, updates to several existing articles, and updates to references.
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*[[Development of SEBoK v. 1.2|Version 1.2]] - This was a minor update, including two new articles and a revision of several existing articles.
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*[[Development of SEBoK v. 1.1|Version 1.1]] - This was a minor update that made modest content improvements.
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*[[Development of SEBoK v. 1.0|Version 1.0]] - This was the first official version of the SEBoK intended for broad use and was released 15 September 2012.
  
For more information on potential partner involvement after publication of version 1.0, please see [[SEBoK Evolution]].
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Click on the links above to read more information about each release.
  
==Wiki Team==
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The transition from a tradition document to a wiki-based platform was a long one.  We are tremendously grateful to the folks who have helped us install, manage, and update the wiki:
 
*Nicole Hutchison (team leader), ''Stevens Institute of Technology''
 
*Stephanie Enck (co-lead), ''Naval Postgraduate School''
 
*Hans-Peter de Koning, ''European Space Agency''
 
*Paola Di Maio, ''University of Strathclyde''
 
*Ray Jorgensen, ''Rockwell Collins''
 
*Sanford Friedenthal, ''SAF Consulting''
 
*Steven Mitchell, ''Lockheed Martin''
 
  
Support for the wiki is provided by Peder Halseide of WikiExpert.
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<center>'''SEBoK v. 2.10, released 06 May 2024'''</center>
 
 
==Participants==
 
The following individuals have provided support to the BKCASE team over the course of the project.
 
*Mike Kreuger
 
*Richard Frost
 
*John Baras
 
*Edward Ghafari
 
*Richard Gryzbowski
 
*Ken Kepchar
 
*Sven-Olaf Schulze
 
*Greg Mayhew
 
*Richard Rosenthal
 
*Mary Jane Willshire
 
*Peter Jackson
 
*Stuart Booth
 
*Naohiko Kohtake
 
*Seiko, Shirasaka
 
*Robert (Bob) Shishko
 
 
 
==Reviewers==
 
Reviewers are critical to the success and growth of the SEBoK.  By providing feedback that represents the diversity of views and opinions on systems engineering, reviewers help the author team identify and describe ground truths for SE as well as areas of contention.  The reviewers who provided feedback for version 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75 are listed in Table 2, below.  Many thanks.  The adjudication of all SEBoK review comments can be found at [[Note to Community]].
 
 
 
The author team would like to particularly acknowledge the efforts of several INCOSE working groups (WGs); the following groups provided extensive feedback on SEBoK 0.5 and input for SEBoK 0.75:
 
*Systems Science WG
 
*Architecture WG
 
*Requirements WG
 
*Decision Analysis WG
 
*In Service WG
 
*Lean Systems Engineering WG
 
*System of Systems WG
 
*Process Improvement WG
 
 
 
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|+'''Table 2. Reviewers of earlier SEBoK versions.''' (SEBoK Original)
 
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|Karl Best, ''Project Management Institute''
 
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|Dr. Stan Rifkin,'' Air Force Office of Scientific Research
 
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|Timothy W. Lohr, ''Lockheed Martin MS2''
 
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|Curt Zielinkski, ''LMC EBS Tech Ops''
 
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|Donald Robertson, ''Lockheed Martin MS2''
 
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|Jack Ring, ''Educe LLC''
 
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|Velda G. Musgrove, ''Lockheed Martin MS2''
 
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|Johnny Duckworth, ''Space & Airborne Systems/Systems Development Center''
 
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|Marcel van de Ven, ''Movares Nederland b.v.''
 
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|Daniel Mulvihill, ''Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne''
 
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|Krister Sutinen, ''Siemens Industry Software AB''
 
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|Mike Gayle, ''Boeing''
 
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|Stephanie White, ''Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus''
 
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|Hans van Vliet, ''VU University, Amsterdam''
 
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|Kal Toth, ''Portland State University''
 
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|Gerard Auvray, ''Astrium Satellite''
 
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|Chia Eng Seng Aaron,'' National University of Singapore''
 
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|Harold Mooz,'' HMA''
 
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|Dawn Sabados, ''UA Huntsville''
 
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|Prof. Ian Sommerville, ''School of Computer Science, University of St. Andrews''
 
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|Odile Mornas, ''Thales''
 
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|Jay Mandelbaum, ''Institute for Defense Analyses''
 
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|Howard Eisner, ''The George Washington University''
 
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|Mark Ardis, ''Stevens Institute of Technology''
 
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|Robert Rathbone, ''CASSIDIAN Air Systems (EADS)''
 
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|Bruce Elliott, ''Arbutus Technical Consulting''
 
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|Daniel J Dechant,'' Raytheon''
 
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|Dr Jon Holt, ''Atego''
 
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|Roland MAZZELLA, ''Thales''
 
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|Michael C. Dapp,'' Lockheed Martin MS2''
 
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|Anne Sigogne, ''THALES''
 
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|Theodora Saunders,'' IEEE AES, IEEE Sys Council, AHS''
 
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|Dr. Karen J Richter,'' Institute for Defense Analyses''
 
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|Alan Knott,'' Parsons Brinckerhoff''
 
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|Mark Maier, ''The Aerospace Corporation''
 
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|Rolan Mazzella, ''THALES''
 
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|Andrew Farncombe, ''John Boardman Associates''
 
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|Dan Dillery
 
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|Edmond TONNELLIER, ''Thales''
 
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|Dahai Liu, ''Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University''
 
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|Frédéric Autran, ''EADS - Cassidian Systems''
 
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|Vincenzo Arrichiello, ''SELEX Sistemi Integrati SpA''
 
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|Jeremy I. Stuart, ''The Boeing Company''
 
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|Duncan Kemp, ''Department for Transport''
 
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|Denis Bertrand,'' DGMSSC/DMPP 5-2, Ottawa, Canada''
 
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|Marcel van de Ven, ''Movares Nederland b.v''.
 
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|John Harauz, ''Jonic Systems Engineering''
 
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|Bryan E. Herdlick, ''Applied Physics Laboratory; Johns Hopkins University''
 
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|Yoshihiro Matsumoto, ''ASTEM Research Institute''
 
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|Bart Terrery, ''Lockheed Martin''
 
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|Dennis Moen, ''Lockheed Martin''
 
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|Roger C. Pare, ''Lockheed Martin MS2''
 
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|Jim Smith, ''Lockheed Martin''
 
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|Jennifer Milligan, ''Lockheed Martin MS2''
 
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|Annette Reilly, ''Lockheed Martin''
 
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|Curt Zielinski, ''Lockheed Martin''
 
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|Ada Hunter, ''Lockheed Martin''
 
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|Thomas Tudron, ''Lockheed Martin''
 
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|Nelson Roberts, ''Lockheed Martin''
 
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|Paul Martellock, ''LMT''
 
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|Vidyut Navelkar, ''Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.''
 
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|Jose Luis Fernandez Sanchez, ''Madrid Technical University (UPM)''
 
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|Shirley Tseng
 
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|Paola Di Maio, '' University of Strathclyde''
 
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|Qing Wang,'' ISCAS''
 
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|William R. Lyders, ''ASSETT Inc.''
 
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|Bernadette Gasmi,'' EADS AIRBUS''
 
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|Gilles Meuriot, ''AREVA TA''
 
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|Gauthier Fanmuy, ''AND''
 
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|Susan Murray, ''Missouri S&T''
 
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|Susan Ferreira,''University of Texas at Arlington''
 
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|Judith Dahmann, ''MITRE''
 
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|Ivan Mactaggart, ''AWE PLC''
 
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|Michael Wilkinson, ''Niteworks/Atkins''
 
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|Lori Zipes, ''NAVSEA NSWC Panama City Division (US Dept of Navy)''
 
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|Alan D Harding,'' BAE Systems''
 
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|Jean-Luc Wippler, ''LUCA Ingénierie''
 
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|Yvonne Simms,'' Boeing''
 
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|Scott Werner, ''Honeywell Technology Services Incorporated (Colorado Springs)''
 
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|James Jamison, ''IBM''
 
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|Adeel Khalid, ''Southern Polytechnic State University''
 
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|William J. Brocker, ''Brocker Engineering''
 
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|Duane Hybertson, ''MITRE''
 
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|Paul Joannou, ''IEEE Computer Society''
 
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|Jeff Lankford, ''The Aerospace Corporation''
 
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|David Mason ,'' Lockheed Martin USA''
 
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|David D. Walden, ''INCOSE & Sysnovation LLC''
 
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|Barry Boehm, ''USC''
 
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|Arnold Neville Pears, ''Uppsala University''
 
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|Chuck Walrad 
 
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|Laurie Nasta, ''Booz Allen Hamilton''
 
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|''IEEE Computer Society (collective review)''
 
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|Andrew McGettrick, ''The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)''
 
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|William Golaz, ''Lockheed Martin Aeronautics''
 
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| Roxann Marumoto, ''Raytheon''
 
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|Louisa Guise, ''Raytheon''
 
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|Julie DeMeester, ''Raytheon''
 
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|Francis M. Joyner, ''Raytheon''
 
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|David D. Walden, ''Sysnovation, LLC''
 
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|Lajuane Brooks, ''Aurora Sciences''
 
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|James J. Peter, ''Johns Hopkins University''
 
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| Emile Anderson, ''Raytheon IDS''
 
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| Ali Bahraman, ''Raytheon''
 
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| Mark Ardis, ''Stevens Institute of Technology''
 
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| Beth Wilson, ''Raytheon''
 
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| Alan Knott, ''Parsons Brinckerhoff''
 
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| Wayne O’Brien, ''Raytheon''
 
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| Denis Bertrand and others for a consolidated review, ''Department of National Defence''
 
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| Peter Botman, ''Independent''
 
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| Mike Stemig, ''Raytheon''
 
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| Bob Epps and a Lockheed Martin consolidated review, ''Lockheed Martin''
 
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| John Clark and a consolidated review, ''Northrop Grumman Corporation''
 
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| Robert Mottl, ''NGAS''
 
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| Mike O’Neill, ''Georgia Tech Research Institute''
 
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|James Martin, ''The Aerospace Corporation''
 
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|Scott Jackson, ''University of Southern California''
 
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Latest revision as of 23:43, 5 May 2024

Video Created by Rob Cloutier. (2019 SEBoK Editor in Chief, SEBoK Original)

This article describes the contributors to the current version of the SEBoK. For information on contributors to past versions of the SEBoK, please follow the links under "SEBoK Release History" below.

The BKCASE Project began in the fall of 2009. Its aim was to add to the professional practice of systems engineering by creating two closely related products:

  • Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK)
  • Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE)

BKCASE History, Motivation, and Value

The Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) is a living authoritative guide that discusses knowledge relevant to Systems Engineering. It defines how that knowledge should be structured to facilitate understanding, and what reference sources are the most important to the discipline. The curriculum guidance in the Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE) (Pyster and Olwell et al. 2015) makes reference to sections of the SEBoK to define its core knowledge; it also suggests broader program outcomes and objectives which reflect aspects of the professional practice of systems engineering as discussed across the SEBoK.

Between 2009 and 2012, BKCASE was led by Stevens Institute of Technology and the Naval Postgraduate School in coordination with several professional societies and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), which provided generous funding. More than 75 authors and many other reviewers and supporters from dozens of companies, universities, and professional societies across 10 countries contributed many thousands of hours writing the SEBoK articles; their organizations provided significant other contributions in-kind.

The SEBoK came into being through recognition that the systems engineering discipline could benefit greatly by having a living authoritative guide closely related to those groups developing guidance on advancing the practice, education, research, work force development, professional certification, standards, etc.

At the beginning of 2013, BKCASE transitioned to a new governance model with shared stewardship between the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEE-CS). This governance structure was formalized in a memorandum of understanding between the three stewards that was finalized in spring of 2013 and subsequently updated. In January 2020, the IEEE Systems Council replaced the IEEE-CS in representing IEEE as a steward. The stewards have reconfirmed their commitment to making the SEBoK available at no cost to all users, a key principle of BKCASE.

As of May 2022, SEBoK articles have had over 6M pageviews from more than 2M unique visitors. We hope the SEBoK will regularly be used by thousands of systems engineers and others around the world as they undertake technical activities such as eliciting requirements, creating systems architectures, or analyzing system test results; and professional development activities such as developing career paths for systems engineers, and deciding new curricula for systems engineering university programs.

Governance

The SEBoK is shaped by the SEBoK Editorial Board and is overseen by the BKCASE Governing Board. A complete list of members for each of these bodies can be found on the BKCASE Governance and Editorial Board page.

Content and Feature Updates for version 2.10

This version was released on 06 May 2024. This release included:

You will see these identified in the left side outline and in the SEBoK Table of Contents page. Enjoy!

SEBoK Release History

There have been 22 releases of the SEBoK to date.

Main Releases

  • Version 2.10 - current version.
  • Version 2.9 - The first release with Editor-in-Chief Nicole Hutchison and Managing Editor Chris Hoffman. New articles included Reverse Engineering a UAV Prototype using Agile Practices, System Security, and An overview of the SWEBOK Guide. Updated articles on Loss Driven Systems Engineering, System Resilience, and a change to persona-driven SEBoK user guidance instead of use cases that were introduced in v. 1.0.
  • Version 2.8 - this release included new articles on systems engineering and enterprise IT, and system adaptability; minor updates to several articles throughout the wiki; imrpovements to the wiki infrastructure; and Rob Cloutier's final edition of the SEBoK as Editor-in-Chief.
  • Version 2.7 - this release included new articles on loss-driven systems engineering and the history of systems engineering; updates to the article on systems and industrial engineering; and minor updates to improve resources and align with evolving practices throughout part 3, including in the articles around systems engineering standards and to the articles in Part 5, particularly the addition of new resources. There were also some improvements in the SEBoK wiki infrastructure.
  • Version 2.6 - this update included substantial evolution of Parts 2 and 3, the foundations of systems engineering and systems engineering approaches, methods, processes, and tools. The version also included more information on Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Digital Engineering, refinement of systems science foundations of systems engineering, and a new article on agile approaches. In Part 6 there were many new articles and updates to existing articles on the relationships between systems engineering and other disciplines.
  • Version 2.5 - This version included an update of the main page; creation of the Editor's Corner; new sponsors and sponsorship packages; new navigation in the left-hand menu; small edits to address the comments received from the community. This release also updated to the latest version of MediaWiki, tightened up the IT infrastructure, and made some adjustments to improve performance.
  • Version 2.4 - This was a minor release, including reorganizations of Part 6 and 8 to handle new knowledge areas and topics. In addition, several new articles were added, including, Systems Engineering Heuristics, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Systems Engineering and Geospatial/Geodetic Engineering Knowledge Area, System Hardware Assurance, Socio-technical Systems, Verification and Validation of Systems in Which AI is a Key Element, and an introductory article on Artificial Intelligence. The content on Systems of Systems (SoS) was also updated.
  • Version 2.3 - This was a minor release, including two new articles: Cycles and the Cyclic Nature of Systems and Portfolio Management. A number of additional minor edits, including a new overview graphic for the SEBoK, cleanup of existing pages, software updates, etc. were incorporated.
  • Version 2.2 - This was a significant release, including the first new Part to be added since v. 1.0 - Emerging Knowledge - which is a place to highlight new topics in systems engineering that are important but may not yet have a large body of literature. Recent dissertations around emerging topics are also included. A new case study on Apollo 1 was added to Part 7, which has also been reorganized around topics. Additional minor updates have occurred throughout.
  • Version 2.1 - This was a significant release with new articles, new functionality, and minor updates throughout.
  • Version 2.0 - This was a major release of the SEBoK which included incorporation of multi-media and a number of changes to the functions of the SEBoK.
  • Version 1.9.1 - This was a micro release of the SEBoK which included updates to the editorial board, and a number of updates to the wiki software.
  • Version 1.9 - This was a minor update which included updates to the System Resilience article in Part 6: Related Disciplines, as well as a major restructuring of Part 7: Systems Engineering Implementation Examples. A new example has been added around the use of model based systems engineering for the thirty-meter telescope.
  • Version 1.8 - This was a minor update, including an update of the Systems of Systems (SoS) knowledge area in Part 4: Applications of Systems Engineering where a number of articles were updated on the basis of developments in the area as well as on comments from the SoS and SE community. Part 6: Related Disciplines included updates to the Manufacturability and Producibility and Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability articles.
  • Version 1.7 - This was a minor update, including a new Healthcare SE Knowledge Area (KA), expansion of the MBSE area with two new articles, Technical Leadership and Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability and a new case study on the Northwest Hydro System
  • Version 1.6 - This was a minor update, including a reorganization of Part 1 SEBoK Introduction, a new article on the Transition towards Model Based Systems Engineering and a new article giving an overview of Healthcare Systems Engineering, a restructure of the "Systems Engineering and Specialty Engineering" (now Systems Engineering and Quality Attributes) KA.
  • Version 1.5 - This was a minor update, including a restructure and extension of the Software Engineering Knowledge Area, two new case studies, and a number of corrections of typographical errors and updates of outdated references throughout the SEBoK.
  • Version 1.4 - This was a minor update, including changes related to ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015 standard, three new case studies and updates to a number of articles.
  • Version 1.3 - This was a minor update, including three new case studies, a new use case, updates to several existing articles, and updates to references.
  • Version 1.2 - This was a minor update, including two new articles and a revision of several existing articles.
  • Version 1.1 - This was a minor update that made modest content improvements.
  • Version 1.0 - This was the first official version of the SEBoK intended for broad use and was released 15 September 2012.

Click on the links above to read more information about each release.


SEBoK v. 2.10, released 06 May 2024