Acknowledgements and Release History
The Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) has been an immense undertaking involving the collective efforts of so many, including 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 has provided unwavering support over the past three years.
With gratitude,
BKCASE
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 contributed to both products. Hence, the acknowledgements generally do not distinguish between contributions to SEBoK and GRCSE.
Sponsor
This material is based upon work supported, in whole or in part, by the U.S. Department of Defense through the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) under Contract H98230-08-D-0171. SERC is a federally funded University Affiliated Research Center managed by Stevens Institute of Technology. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Department of Defense.
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 to support the labor and travel of the authors. We gratefully acknowledge their contributions.
Part Team Leads
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
- Part 2 - Richard Adcock with support from Nicole Hutchison
- Part 3 - Garry Roedler with support from James Anthony
- Part 4 - Harold (Bud) Lawson with support from David Olwell
- Part 5 - Art Pyster with support from Alice Squires and Deva Henry
- Part 6 - David Olwell with support from Art Pyster
- Part 7 - Heidi Davidz with support from Alice Squires and Deva Henry
Authors
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.
| Richard Adcock, Cranfield University and International Council on Systems Engineering in the UK | Duane Hyberston, The MITRE Corporation in the US |
| James F. Anthony, Jr., Decisive Analytics Corporation in the US | Scott Jackson, University of Southern California in the US |
| Erik Aslaksen, Sinclair Knight Merz in Australia, | Mo Jamshidi, University of Texas San Antonio in the US |
| Richard Beasley, Rolls Royce in the UK | Cheryl Jones, United States Army |
| Barry Boehm, University of Southern California in the US | Chul Whan Kim, Advisor of KCOSE in Korea |
| Stuart Booth, Office of the Secretary of Defense in the US | Naohiko Kohtake, KEIO University in Japan |
| John Brackett, Boston University in the US | Harold (Bud) Lawson, Lawson Konsult AB in Sweden |
| Chuck Calvano, Naval Postgraduate School in the US | Yeaw lip “Alex” Lee, Defence Science and Technology Agency in Singapore |
| Aaron Eng Seng Chia, National University of Singapore in Singapore | Ray Madachy, Naval Postgraduate School in the US |
| Kyung-il Choe, HUFS in Korea | James Martin, The Aerospace Corporation in the US |
| Edmund Conrow, Management and Technology Associates in the US | Gregory Mayhew, Boeing in the US |
| Paul Croll, CSC in the US | Steven Mitchell, Lockheed Martin in the US |
| Cihan Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology in the US | Ken Nidiffer, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Systems Council both in the US |
| Judith Dahmann, MITRE in the US | David H. Olwell, Naval Postgraduate School in the US |
| Heidi Davidz, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne in the US | Bo Oppenheim, Loyola Marymount University in the US |
| Leopoldo Decardenas, Raytheon in the US | Andy Pickard, Rolls-Royce in the US |
| Johann (Hans) Demmel, Raytheon in the US | Ricardo Pineda, University Texas at El Paso in the US |
| Jeremy Dick, Integrate Systems Engineering ltd. in the US | Daniel Prun, Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile (ENAC) -French Civil Aviation University in France |
| Charles Dickerson, Loughborough University in the UK | Art Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology in the US |
| David Dorgan, Raytheon in the US | Garry Roedler, Lockheed Martin in the US |
| Dov Dori, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US | Jean-Claude Roussel, European Aeronautical Defence and Space Company in France |
| Joseph J. Ekstrom, Brigham Young University in the US | Janet Singer, University of California Santa Cruz in the US |
| Stephanie Enck, Naval Postgraduate School in the US | Seiko Shirasaka, KEIO University in Japan |
| Marcia Enos, Lockheed Martin in the US | Hillary Sillitto, Thales Group and the International Council on Systems Engineering in the UK |
| Dick Fairley, Observer and Author from Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) in the US | John Snoderly, Defense Acquisition University in the US |
| Alain Faisandier, Association Francaise d 'Ingenlerie Systeme in France | Alice Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology in the US |
| Tim Ferris, University of South Australia and the International Council on Systems Engineering in Australia | Bill Stiffler, Raytheon in the US |
| Kevin Forsberg, OGR Systems in the US | Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the US |
| G. Richard Freeman, Air Force Institute of Technology in the US | Guilherme Horta Travassos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in Brazil |
| Sanford Friedenthal, SAF Consulting in the US | Ricardo Valerdi, University of Arizona in the US |
| Brian Gallagher, CACI in the US | Mary VanLeer, Perceptive Systems, Inc. in the US |
| Devanandham Henry, Stevens Institute of Technology in the US | Qing Wang, Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China |
| Michael Henshaw, Loughborough University in the UK | Brian Wells, Raytheon in the US |
| Thomas Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Computer Society both in the US | Brian White, CAU<SES in the US |
| Nicole A.C. Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology in the US | Ken Zemrowski, TASC, Inc. in the US |
Partners
Partner organizations have supported SEBoK by providing personnel, opportunities to discuss the SEBoK in open forums such as conferences and workshops, and providing 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.
- The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). Official INCOSE representatives: Bill Miller and Kevin Forsberg.
- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society. Official IEEE CS representatives are Dick Fairley, Tom Hilburn and Ken Nidiffer.
- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Systems Council. The official IEEE Systems Council representative is Ken Nidiffer.
- The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). The official IIE representative is Johann "Hans" Demmel.
- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The official ACM Representative is Andrew McGettrick.
- The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Systems Engineering Division. The official NDIA Systems Engineering Division representative is Garry Roedler.
- The Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC). The official Systems Engineering Research Center representative is Art Pyster.
For more information on potential partner involvement after publication of version 1.0, please see SEBoK Evolution.
Wiki Team
The transition from a traditional 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 lead), 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.
Participants
The following individuals have provided support to the BKCASE team over the course of the project.
- Johann Amsenga
- John Baras
- Johan Bendz
- Stuart Booth
- Dan Cernoch
- Richard Frost
- Edward Ghafari
- Mike Gourley
- Richard Gryzbowski
- Peter Jackson
- Ken Kepchar
- Mike Kreuger
- JoAnn Lane
- Greg Mayhew
- Richard Rosenthal
- Sven-Olaf Schulze
- Robert (Bob) Shishko
- Mary Jane Willshire
- Kenneth Kepchar
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 earlier 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 SEBoK Review and Adjudication.
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
| Karl Best, Project Management Institute | Dr. Stan Rifkin, Air Force Office of Scientific Research | |
| Timothy W. Lohr, Lockheed Martin MS2 | Curt Zielinkski, LMC EBS Tech Ops | |
| Donald Robertson, Lockheed Martin MS2 | Jack Ring, Educe LLC | |
| Velda G. Musgrove, Lockheed Martin MS2 | Johnny Duckworth, Space & Airborne Systems/Systems Development Center | |
| Marcel van de Ven, Movares Nederland b.v. | Daniel Mulvihill, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne | |
| Krister Sutinen, Siemens Industry Software AB | Mike Gayle, Boeing | |
| Stephanie White, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus | Hans van Vliet, VU University, Amsterdam | |
| Kal Toth, Portland State University | Gerard Auvray, Astrium Satellite | |
| Chia Eng Seng Aaron, National University of Singapore | Harold Mooz, HMA | |
| Dawn Sabados, UA Huntsville | Prof. Ian Sommerville, School of Computer Science, University of St. Andrews | |
| Odile Mornas, Thales | Jay Mandelbaum, Institute for Defense Analyses | |
| Howard Eisner, The George Washington University | Mark Ardis, Stevens Institute of Technology | |
| Robert Rathbone, CASSIDIAN Air Systems (EADS) | Bruce Elliott, Arbutus Technical Consulting | |
| Daniel J Dechant, Raytheon | Dr Jon Holt, Atego | |
| Roland MAZZELLA, Thales | Michael C. Dapp, Lockheed Martin MS2 | |
| Anne Sigogne, THALES | Theodora Saunders, IEEE AES, IEEE Sys Council, AHS | |
| Dr. Karen J Richter, Institute for Defense Analyses | Alan Knott, Parsons Brinckerhoff | |
| Mark Maier, The Aerospace Corporation | Rolan Mazzella, THALES | |
| Andrew Farncombe, John Boardman Associates | Dan Dillery | |
| Edmond TONNELLIER, Thales | Dahai Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | |
| Frédéric Autran, EADS - Cassidian Systems | Vincenzo Arrichiello, SELEX Sistemi Integrati SpA | |
| Jeremy I. Stuart, The Boeing Company | Duncan Kemp, Department for Transport | |
| Denis Bertrand, DGMSSC/DMPP 5-2, Ottawa, Canada | Marcel van de Ven, Movares Nederland b.v. | |
| John Harauz, Jonic Systems Engineering | Bryan E. Herdlick, Applied Physics Laboratory; Johns Hopkins University | |
| Yoshihiro Matsumoto, ASTEM Research Institute | Bart Terrery, Lockheed Martin | |
| Dennis Moen, Lockheed Martin | Roger C. Pare, Lockheed Martin MS2 | |
| Jim Smith, Lockheed Martin | Jennifer Milligan, Lockheed Martin MS2 | |
| Annette Reilly, Lockheed Martin | Curt Zielinski, Lockheed Martin | |
| Ada Hunter, Lockheed Martin | Thomas Tudron, Lockheed Martin | |
| Nelson Roberts, Lockheed Martin | Paul Martellock, LMT | |
| Vidyut Navelkar, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. | Jose Luis Fernandez Sanchez, Madrid Technical University (UPM) | |
| Shirley Tseng | Paola Di Maio, University of Strathclyde | |
| Qing Wang, ISCAS | William R. Lyders, ASSETT Inc. | |
| Bernadette Gasmi, EADS AIRBUS | Gilles Meuriot, AREVA TA | |
| Gauthier Fanmuy, AND | Susan Murray, Missouri S&T | |
| Susan Ferreira,University of Texas at Arlington | Judith Dahmann, MITRE | |
| Ivan Mactaggart, AWE PLC | Michael Wilkinson, Niteworks/Atkins | |
| Lori Zipes, NAVSEA NSWC Panama City Division (US Dept of Navy) | Alan D Harding, BAE Systems | |
| Jean-Luc Wippler, LUCA Ingénierie | Yvonne Simms, Boeing | |
| Scott Werner, Honeywell Technology Services Incorporated (Colorado Springs) | James Jamison, IBM | |
| Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University | William J. Brocker, Brocker Engineering | |
| Duane Hybertson, MITRE | Paul Joannou, IEEE Computer Society | |
| Jeff Lankford, The Aerospace Corporation | David Mason , Lockheed Martin USA | |
| David D. Walden, INCOSE & Sysnovation LLC | Barry Boehm, USC | |
| Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University | Chuck Walrad | |
| Laurie Nasta, Booz Allen Hamilton | IEEE Computer Society (collective review) | |
| Andrew McGettrick, The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | William Golaz, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics | |
| Roxann Marumoto, Raytheon | Louisa Guise, Raytheon | |
| Julie DeMeester, Raytheon | Francis M. Joyner, Raytheon | |
| David D. Walden, Sysnovation, LLC | Lajuane Brooks, Aurora Sciences | |
| James J. Peter, Johns Hopkins University | Emile Anderson, Raytheon IDS | |
| Ali Bahraman, Raytheon | Mark Ardis, Stevens Institute of Technology | |
| Beth Wilson, Raytheon | Alan Knott, Parsons Brinckerhoff | |
| Wayne O’Brien, Raytheon | Denis Bertrand and others for a consolidated review, Department of National Defence | |
| Peter Botman, Independent | Mike Stemig, Raytheon | |
| Bob Epps and a Lockheed Martin consolidated review, Lockheed Martin | John Clark and a consolidated review, Northrop Grumman Corporation | |
| Robert Mottl, NGAS | Mike O’Neill, Georgia Tech Research Institute | |
| James Martin, The Aerospace Corporation | Scott Jackson, University of Southern California |
SEBoK Discussion
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