SEBoK Table of Contents

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Part 1: SEBoK Introduction

• Introduction to the SEBoK
  • Scope of the SEBoK
  • Structure of the SEBoK
• Introduction to Systems Engineering
  • Systems Engineering Overview
  • Systems Engineering Principles
  • Systems Engineering Heuristics **New Article**
  • Economic Value of Systems Engineering
  • Systems Engineering: Historic and Future Challenges
  • Systems Engineering and Other Disciplines
  • Systems Engineering Core Concepts
• SEBoK Users and Uses
  • Use Case 0: Systems Engineering Novices
  • Use Case 1: Practicing Systems Engineers
  • Use Case 2: Other Engineers
  • Use Case 3: Customers of Systems Engineering
  • Use Case 4: Educators and Researchers
  • Use Case 5: General Managers

Part 2: Foundations of Systems Engineering

• Knowledge Area: Systems Fundamentals
  • Introduction to System Fundamentals
  • Types of Systems
  • Systems Engineering Principles
  • Complexity
  • Emergence
  • Fundamentals for Future Systems Engineering
• Knowledge Area: Systems Approach Applied to Engineered Systems
  • Overview of the Systems Approach
  • Engineered System Context
  • Identifying and Understanding Problems and Opportunities
  • Synthesizing Possible Solutions
  • Analysis and Selection between Alternative Solutions
  • Implementing and Proving a Solution
  • Deploying, Using, and Sustaining Systems to Solve Problems
  • Applying the Systems Approach
• Knowledge Area: Systems Science
  • History of Systems Science
  • Systems Approaches
  • Cycles and the Cyclic Nature of Systems **New Article**
• Knowledge Area: Systems Thinking
  • What is Systems Thinking?
  • Concepts of Systems Thinking
  • Principles of Systems Thinking
  • Patterns of Systems Thinking
• Knowledge Area: Representing Systems with Models
  • What is a Model?
  • Why Model?
  • Types of Models
  • System Modeling Concepts
  • Integrating Supporting Aspects into System Models
  • Modeling Standards

Part 3: Systems Engineering and Management

• Knowledge Area: Introduction to Life Cycle Processes
  • Generic Life Cycle Model
  • Applying Life Cycle Processes
  • Life Cycle Processes and Enterprise Need
  • Knowledge Area: Life Cycle Models
  • System Life Cycle Process Drivers and Choices
  • System Life Cycle Process Models: Vee
  • System Life Cycle Process Models: Iterative
  • Integration of Process and Product Models
  • Lean Engineering
• Knowledge Area: Concept Definition
  • Business or Mission Analysis
  • Mission Engineering
  • Stakeholder Needs and Requirements
• Knowledge Area: System Definition
  • System Requirements
  • System Architecture
  • Logical Architecture Model Development
  • Physical Architecture Model Development
  • System Design
  • System Analysis
• Knowledge Area: System Realization
  • System Implementation
  • System Integration
  • System Verification
  • System Validation
• Knowledge Area: System Deployment and Use
  • System Deployment
  • Operation of the System
  • System Maintenance
  • Logistics
• Knowledge Area: Systems Engineering Management
  • Planning
  • Assessment and Control
  • Risk Management
  • Measurement
  • Decision Management
  • Configuration Management
  • Information Management
  • Quality Management
• Knowledge Area: Product and Service Life Management
  • Service Life Extension
  • Capability Updates, Upgrades, and Modernization
  • Disposal and Retirement
• Knowledge Area: Systems Engineering Standards
  • Relevant Standards
  • Alignment and Comparison of the Standards
  • Application of Systems Engineering Standards

Part 4: Applications of Systems Engineering

• Knowledge Area: Product Systems Engineering
  • Product Systems Engineering Background
  • Product as a System Fundamentals
  • Business Activities Related to Product Systems Engineering
  • Product Systems Engineering Key Aspects
  • Product Systems Engineering Special Activities
• Knowledge Area: Service Systems Engineering
  • Service Systems Background
  • Fundamentals of Services
  • Properties of Services
  • Scope of Service Systems Engineering
  • Value of Service Systems Engineering
  • Service Systems Engineering Stages
• Knowledge Area: Enterprise Systems Engineering
  • Enterprise Systems Engineering Background
  • The Enterprise as a System
  • Related Business Activities
  • Enterprise Systems Engineering Key Concepts
  • Enterprise Systems Engineering Process Activities
  • Enterprise Capability Management
• Knowledge Area: Systems of Systems (SoS)
  • Architecting Approaches for Systems of Systems
  • Socio-Technical Features of Systems of Systems
  • Capability Engineering
  • Knowledge Area: Healthcare Systems Engineering
  • Overview of the Healthcare Sector
  • Systems Engineering in Healthcare Delivery
  • Systems Biology
  • Lean in Healthcare

Part 5: Enabling Systems Engineering

• Knowledge Area: Enabling Businesses and Enterprises
  • Systems Engineering Organizational Strategy
  • Determining Needed Systems Engineering Capabilities in Businesses and Enterprises
  • Organizing Business and Enterprises to Perform Systems Engineering
  • Assessing Systems Engineering Performance of Business and Enterprises
  • Developing Systems Engineering Capabilities within Businesses and Enterprises
  • Culture
• Knowledge Area: Enabling Teams
  • Team Capability
  • Team Dynamics
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Technical Leadership in Systems Engineering
• Knowledge Area: Enabling Individuals
  • Roles and Competencies
  • Assessing Individuals
  • Developing Individuals
  • Ethical Behavior

Part 6: Related Disciplines

• Knowledge Area: Systems Engineering and Environmental Engineering
• Knowledge Area: Systems Engineering and Geospatial/Geodetic Engineering **New Article**
  • Overview of Geospatial/Geodetic Engineering **New Article**
  • Relationship between Systems Engineering and Geospatial/Geodetic Engineering **New Article**
• Knowledge Area: Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Knowledge Area: Systems Engineering and Project Management
  • The Nature of Project Management
  • An Overview of the PMBOK® Guide
  • Relationships between Systems Engineering and Project Management
  • The Influence of Project Structure and Governance on Systems Engineering and Project Management Relationships
  • Procurement and Acquisition
  • Portfolio Management
• Knowledge Area: Systems Engineering and Software Engineering
  • Software Engineering in the Systems Engineering Life Cycle
  • The Nature of Software
  • An Overview of the SWEBOK Guide
  • Key Points a Systems Engineer Needs to Know about Software Engineering
  • Software Engineering Features - Models, Methods, Tools, Standards, and Metrics
• Knowledge Area: Systems Engineering and Quality Attributes
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Manufacturability and Producibility
  • System Affordability
  • System Hardware Assurance **New Article**
  • System Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability
  • System Resilience
  • System Resistance to Electromagnetic Interference
  • System Safety
  • System Security

Part 7: Systems Engineering Implementation Examples

• Matrix of Implementation Examples
• Implementation Examples
• Construction System Examples - Coming Soon!
• CyberPhysical System Examples - Coming Soon!
• Defense System Examples
  • Submarine Warfare Federated Tactical Systems
  • Virginia Class Submarine
• Geospatial System Examples - Coming Soon!
• Information System Examples
  • Complex Adaptive Taxi Service Scheduler
  • Successful Business Transformation within a Russian Information Technology Company
  • FBI Virtual Case File System
• Management System Examples
  • Project Management for a Complex Adaptive Operating System
• Medical System Examples
  • Next Generation Medical Infusion Pump
  • Medical Radiation
  • Design for Maintainability
• Space System Examples
  • Global Positioning System Case Study
  • Global Positioning System Case Study II
  • Russian Space Agency Project Management Systems
  • How Lack of Information Sharing Jeopardized the NASA/ESA Cassini/Huygens Mission to Saturn
  • Hubble Space Telescope
  • Applying a Model-Based Approach to Support Requirements Analysis on the Thirty-Meter Telescope
  • Miniature Seeker Technology Integration Spacecraft
  • Apollo 1 Disaster
• Transportation System Examples
  • Denver Airport Baggage Handling System
  • FAA Advanced Automation System (AAS)
  • Federal Aviation Administration Next Generation Air Transportation System
  • UK West Coast Route Modernisation Project
  • Standard Korean Light Transit System Vignette
• Utilities Examples
  • Northwest Hydro System
  • Singapore Water Management

Part 8: Emerging Knowledge

• Emerging Topics
  • Introduction to SE Transformation
  • Socio-technical Systems *New Article*
  • Artificial Intelligence *New Article*
  • Verification and Validation of Systems in Which AI is a Key Element *New Article*
  • Transitioning Systems Engineering to a Model-based Discipline
  • Model-Based Systems Engineering Adoption Trends 2009-2018
  • Digital Engineering
  • Set-Based Design
• Emerging Research

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