Acknowledgements and Release History
Governance
The SEBoK is shaped by the BKCASE 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.
SEBoK v. 1.3 Authors
Table 1 lists the authors who have specifically contributed materials for v. 1.3 and explains what materials they have provided.
| Author | Contribution |
|---|---|
| Mikhail Belov, IBS (Russia) | Successful Business Transformation Within a Russian Information Technology Company |
| Hamid Darbi, Stevens Institute of Technology (USA) | Federal Aviation Administration Next Generation Air Transportation System Case Study |
| Kevin Forsberg, OGR Systems (USA) | Design for Maintainability |
| David H. Olwell, Naval Postgraduate School (USA) | Use Case 0: Systems Engineering Novices |
| Mike Vinarcik, University of Detroit, Mercy (USA) | Use Case materials |
| Brian Sauser, University of North Texas (USA) | Hubble Space Telescope Case Study |
| Brian White, CAU>SE (USA) | Hubble Space Telescope Case Study |
SEBoK Release History
There have been 9 releases of the SEBoK to date, collected into 3 main releases.
- Version 1.0 – The first version intended for broad use.
- Version 1.1 - A minor update that made modest content improvements.
- Version 1.2 - A minor update, including 2 new articles, and revision of several existing articles.
Click on the links above to read more information about each release.
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BKCASE
The SEBoK was developed by the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering Project (BKCASE) (http://www.bkcase.org), which concurrently produced 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.
Original Sponsor
The Department of Defense (DoD) recognizes the importance of SEBoK to its own workforce development and has provided substantial financial support and partnership to the BKCASE project. The office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering (DASD(SE)) is the original Department of Defense sponsor for the BKCASE Project. DASD(SE) 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 has allowed the author team and the community to determine what the SEBoK should contain. Without this support over the life of the project, the creation of the SEBoK would not have been possible. Moreover, DASD(SE) has continued to provide substantial support to BKCASE in 2013 through the SERC. Special thanks go to Stephen Welby, Kristen Baldwin, Nicholas Torelli, Don Gelosh, Scott Lucero, and Darren Dusza for their support throughout the BKCASE lifetime.
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, 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.
BKCASE Governance
Beginning in January of 2013, the SEBoK began operating under a new governance structure, led by the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS), and the Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) acting jointly as stewards. Under this new structure, the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Editor-in-Chief lead the newly formed BKCASE Editorial Board, which is responsible for soliciting new and revised SEBoK articles, and ensuring those articles are peer-reviewed and meet the quality standards expected of all SEBoK articles. The associate editors quickly became integral to SEBoK v. 1.1 and subsequent releases and we thank them for their leadership and dedication.
Editorial Board
The Editorial Board members are listed below. For more information on these individuals, please see Meet the Editors.
- Richard Adcock, Cranfield University
- Barry Boehm, University of Southern California
- Cihan Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology
- Judith Dahmann, MITRE Corporation
- Heidi Davidz, Aerojet Rocketdyne
- Dov Dori, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
- Timothy Ferris, University of South Australia
- Michael Henshaw, Loughborough University
- James Martin, The Aerospace Corporation
- Chris Paredis, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Gregory Parnell, University of Arkansas
- Ricardo Pineda,Stevens Institute of Technology
- Garry Roedler, Lockheed Martin
- Brian Sauser, University of North Texas
- Samuel Seymour, Johns Hopkins University
- Ariela Sofer, George Mason University
- Ricardo Valerdi, University of Arizona
- Brian White,CAU>SE
- Ken Zemrowski, TASC
The core staff (except for Alice Squires, who has taken a new position), who were central to SEBoK development, became assistant editors in the new governance structure. They have been and continue to be the bedrock on which the entire SEBoK effort rests.
- Stephanie Enck, Naval Postgraduate School
- Devanandham Henry, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Nicole Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology
Governing Board
The stewards also set up the BKCASE Governing Board to be their primary agents to oversee and guide the SEBoK and its companion BKCASE product, GRCSE.
- INCOSE (past and present)
- Kevin Forsberg, William Miller, David Newbern, David Walden, Courtney Wright
- IEEE Computer Society
- Richard Fairley, Ken Nidiffer
- SERC
- David Olwell, Art Pyster
Finally, special thanks go out to INCOSE Presidents Samantha Robitaille and John Thomas for their early and constant support to the SEBoK development.
Part Team Leads
The SEBoK is divided into seven primary Parts (see SEBoK Table of Contents). Through the release of SEBoK v. 1.0, someone graciously volunteered to lead a team of authors in writing the articles and coordinating article integration for each of the Parts. 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 editorial staff 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 Jim Anthony
- Part 4 - Harold (Bud) Lawson with support from David Olwell
- Part 5 - Art Pyster with support from Alice Squires and Devanandham Henry
- Part 6 - David Olwell with support from Art Pyster
- Part 7 - Heidi Davidz with support from Alice Squires and Devanandham 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.
| Author | Author |
|---|---|
| Richard Adcock, Cranfield University and INCOSE, UK | Mo Jamshidi, University of Texas San Antonio, USA |
| James F. Anthony, Jr., Sevatec, Inc., USA | Cheryl Jones, United States Army, USA |
| Erik Aslaksen, Sinclair Knight Merz, Australia | Chul Whan Kim, Advisor of KCOSE, Korea |
| Richard Beasley, Rolls Royce, UK | Naohiko Kohtake, KEIO University, Japan |
| Barry Boehm, University of Southern California, USA | Harold (Bud) Lawson, Lawson Konsult AB, Sweden |
| Stuart Booth, Office of the Secretary of Defense, USA | Yeaw Lip Alex Lee, Defence Science and Technology Agency, Singapore |
| John Brackett, Boston University, USA | Ray Madachy, Naval Postgraduate School, USA |
| Chuck Calvano, Naval Postgraduate School, USA | James Martin, The Aerospace Corporation, USA |
| Aaron Eng Seng Chia, National University of Singapore, Singapore | Gregory Mayhew, Boeing, USA |
| Kyung-il Choe, HUFS, Korea | Steven Mitchell, Lockheed Martin, USA |
| Matthew Cilli, Stevens Institute of Technology (PhD Candidate), USA | Yaniv Mordecai, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel |
| Edmund Conrow, Management and Technology Associates, USA | Ken Nidiffer, Carnegie Mellon SEI and IEEE Systems Council, USA |
| Paul Croll, CSC, USA | David H. Olwell, Naval Postgraduate School, USA |
| Cihan Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA | Bo Oppenheim, Loyola Marymount University, USA |
| Judith Dahmann, The MITRE Corporation, USA | Gregory Parnell, United States Military Academy, USA |
| Heidi Davidz, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, USA | Andy Pickard, Rolls-Royce, USA |
| Leopoldo Decardenas, Raytheon, USA | Ricardo Pineda, University Texas at El Paso, USA |
| Johann (Hans) Demmel, Raytheon, USA | Daniel Prun, Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile (ENAC), France |
| Jeremy Dick, Integrate Systems Engineering Ltd. , USA | Art Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA |
| Charles Dickerson, Loughborough University, UK | Garry Roedler, Lockheed Martin, USA |
| David Dorgan, Raytheon, USA | Jean-Claude Roussel, EADS, France |
| Dov Dori, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA | Samuel Seymour, Johns Hopkins University, USA |
| Joseph J. Ekstrom, Brigham Young University, USA | Seiko Shirasaka, KEIO University, Japan |
| Stephanie Enck, Naval Postgraduate School, USA | Hillary Sillitto, Thales Group and INCOSE, UK |
| Marcia Enos, Lockheed Martin, USA | Janet Singer, International Society for the Systems Sciences, USA |
| Dick Fairley, Observer and Author from IEEE, USA | John Snoderly, Defense Acquisition University, USA |
| Alain Faisandier, Association Francaise d 'Ingenlerie Systeme, France | Ariela Sofer, George Mason University, USA |
| T.L.J. Ferris, University of South Australia and INCOSE, Australia | Alice Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA |
| Kevin Forsberg, OGR Systems, USA | Bill Stiffler, Raytheon, USA |
| G. Richard Freeman, Air Force Institute of Technology, USA | Richard Swanson, ORGANIZATION, USA |
| Sanford Friedenthal, SAF Consulting, Lockheed Martin (retired) , USA | Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA |
| Brian Gallagher, CACI, USA | Guilherme Horta Travassos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil |
| Devanandham Henry, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA | Ricardo Valerdi, University of Arizona, USA |
| Michael Henshaw, Loughborough University, UK | Mary VanLeer, Perceptive Systems, Inc. , USA |
| Thomas Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and IEEE Computer Society, USA | Qing Wang, Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| Nicole A.C. Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA | Brian Wells, Raytheon, USA (retired) |
| Duane Hybertson, The MITRE Corporation, USA | Brian White, CAU<SES, USA |
| Scott Jackson, University of Southern California, USA | Ken Zemrowski, TASC, Inc. , USA |
Sandbox Contributors
With the release of SEBoK v. 1.1.2, the Editorial Board also created the first version of the SEBoK Sandbox, a collaborative space where the community can provide more in-depth feedback on the SEBoK. We gratefully acknowledge the Sandbox contributions of the individuals listed in Table 2.
| Contributor | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Kishan Singh Chowhan, India | Jen Narkevicius, USA |
| Jose Fiestas, Peru | Mike Russell, USA |
| John Githens, USA | Pradyot Sahu, USA |
| Robert Hanrahan, USA | Robert Schaaf, USA |
| Duane Hybertson, USA | Bruce Schneider, USA |
| Kohn Klingler, USA | Michael Singer, USA |
| Venkata Sivanand Kotta, India | Thomas Starai, USA |
| Mark Labinov, USA | Richard Sun, USA |
| Logan Mailloux, USA | Sergey Tozik, Israel |
| Yaniv Mordecai, Israel | Mary VanLeer, USA |
Partners
Partner organizations supported the development of the SEBoK by providing personnel and 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 Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). The official IIE representative was Johann "Hans" Demmel.
- The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The official ACM Representative was Andrew McGettrick.
- The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Systems Engineering Division. The official NDIA Systems Engineering Division representative was Garry Roedler.
In addition, most authors came from organizations that, although not officially affiliated with BKCASE, nevertheless supported author time and expenses to participate. Collectively, those organizations provided the majority of the labor and expenses that went into creating the SEBoK.
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
- Devanandham Henry, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Hans-Peter de Koning, European Space Agency
- Paola Di Maio, University of Strathclyde
- Ray Jorgensen, Rockwell Collins
- Sanford Friedenthal, SAF Consulting
- Jude Ken-Kwofie, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Steven Mitchell, Lockheed Martin
- Robin Valeson, formerly of Stevens Institute of Technology
The wiki is currently supported and hosted by Stevens Institute of Technology. Special thanks go to the Stevens' IT organization.
Technical Editors
Every article went through rounds of technical editing to improve writing quality and consistency. Thanks go to:
- Emily Leach
- Abraham Raher
- Renee Malove
- Justin Gercken
- Dona Lee
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
- Kenneth Kepchar
- Mike Kreuger
- JoAnn Lane
- Richard Rosenthal
- Sven-Olaf Schulze
- Robert (Bob) Shishko
- Mary Jane Willshire
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 versions are listed in Table 3, below. In addition, there are a number of other reviewers who provided their comments directly on the wiki with only a user ID (and not a full name) and reviewers who were part of a group that provided a collective review; these reviewers are not listed in Table 3. Many thanks to all reviewers!
The author team would like to particularly acknowledge the efforts of several INCOSE working groups (WGs) who provided feedback:
- Systems Science WG
- Architecture WG
- Requirements WG
- Decision Analysis WG
- In Service WG
- Lean Systems Engineering WG
- System of Systems WG
- Process Improvement WG
The adjudication of all SEBoK review comments for all versions can be found at SEBoK Review and Adjudication.
| Reviewer | Reviewer |
|---|---|
| Aase Jakobsson | Julie P. Gann, Northrop Grumman Information Systems |
| Ada Hunter, Lockheed Martin | Kal Toth, Portland State University |
| Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University | Karen Charron, Raytheon |
| Alan D Harding, BAE Systems | Karen J Richter, Institute for Defense Analyses |
| Alan Knott, Parsons Brinckerhoff | Karl Best, Project Management Institute |
| Ali Bahraman, Raytheon | Ken Ellis, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems |
| Andrew Farncombe, John Boardman Associates | Kennedy Conway |
| Andrew McGettrick, The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | Kenneth Morris |
| Anne Sigogne, THALES | Kim Halladay |
| Annette Reilly, Lockheed Martin | Krister Sutinen, Siemens Industry Software AB |
| Arjan van Druten | Lajuane Brooks, Aurora Sciences |
| Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University | Larri Rosser, Raytheon IIS |
| Bart Terrery, Lockheed Martin | Laurie Nasta, Booz Allen Hamilton |
| Berger, Northrop Grumman Corporation | Loïc Fejoz, RealTime-at-Work |
| Bernadette Gasmi, EADS Airbus | Lori Zipes, NAVSEA NSWC Panama City Division (US Dept of Navy) |
| Beth Wilson, Raytheon | Lou Oddo, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems |
| Bob Epps and a consolidated review, Lockheed Martin | Louisa Guise, Raytheon |
| Bobinis, Lockheed Martin | M.T.F.M. van de Ven, INCOSE ISSWG |
| Bruce Elliott, Arbutus Technical Consulting | Marcel van de Ven, Movares Nederland b.v. |
| Bruce Munro, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems | Mark Ardis, Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Bryan E. Herdlick, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University | Mark Lane, IBM |
| Chia Eng Seng Aaron, National University of Singapore | Mark Maier, The Aerospace Corporation |
| Curran Hawkins | Martin Griss, Carnegie Mellon University |
| Curt Zielinski, Lockheed Martin | Martin Nazareth |
| Dahai Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | Matthew Petty |
| Dan Dillery | Measurement While Drilling |
| Daniel J Dechant, Raytheon | Michael Bisconti, Lockheed Martin |
| Daniel Mulvihill, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne | Michael C. Dapp, Lockheed Martin MS2 |
| David D. Walden, INCOSE & Sysnovation LLC | Michael Coughenour, Lockheed Martin |
| David Kraus, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems | Michael O'Neill, Georgia Tech Research Institute |
| David Mason, Lockheed Martin | Michael Ryan, INCOSE Requirements Working Group |
| David Quastel | Michael Stringer, US Air Force |
| David Yarbrough, Northrop Grumman Corporation | Michael Wilkinson, Niteworks/Atkins |
| Dawn Sabados, University of Alabama Huntsville | Michaelson, Lockheed Martin |
| Denis Bertrand & others, Department of National Defence | Michele Hanna, Lockheed Martin |
| Dennis Moen, Lockheed Martin | Mike Gayle, Boeing |
| Donald Larson | Mike O’Neill, Georgia Tech Research Institute |
| Donald Robertson, Lockheed Martin MS2 | Mike Prendergast |
| Duncan Kemp, Department for Transport | Mike Stemig, Raytheon |
| Edmond Tonnellier, Thales | Mike Yokel, Lockheed Martin |
| Emile Anderson, Raytheon IDS | MPHO R |
| Florian Schneider | MWD Tools |
| Francis M. Joyner, Raytheon | Nelson Roberts, Lockheed Martin |
| Frédéric Autran, EADS - Cassidian Systems | Odile Mornas, Thales Université |
| Gauthier Fanmuy, AND | Paola Di Maio, University of Strathclyde |
| Geoffrey A. Shuebrook, Lockheed Martin | Patra Stroemer, Lockheed Martin |
| George Rebovich, MITRE | Paul Joannou, IEEE Computer Society |
| Gerald H. Fisher | Paul Martellock, LMT |
| Gerard Auvray, Astrium Satellite | Peter Brook, Dashwood Consulting Ltd |
| Gerlach | Peter Mcgee, Lockheed Martin |
| Gilles Meuriot, AREVA TA | Pierre Labreche, CMC Electronics |
| Gorman Findley, Raytheon | Pieter Botman, Independent |
| Greg Brown, Lockheed Martin | Ray Jorgensen, Rockwell Collins |
| Hagar, Lockheed Martin | Reagan Harper, SEAKR Engineering Inc. |
| Hans van Vliet, VU University, Amsterdam | Richard Rifelli, Northrop Grumman Corporation |
| Harold Baker | Rob Schaaf, IEEE |
| Harold Mooz, HMA | Robert Cantrell, Raytheon IDS |
| Henry Broodney | Robert Mottl, NGAS |
| Howard Eisner, George Washington University | Robert Rathbone, EADS - Cassidian Systems |
| Hubert Ernest Cody, Raytheon | Robert Shishko, NASA |
| IEEE Computer Society (collective review) | Roddey Smith, NGC/NGAS/AMS/CWIN |
| Ian Sommerville, University of St. Andrews | Roger C. Pare, Lockheed Martin MS2 |
| Ivan Mactaggart, AWE PLC | Rolan Mazzella, Thales |
| J Mason, Stevens Institute of Technology | Ronald Fradenburg, Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Jack Ring, Educe LLC | Roxann Marumoto, Raytheon |
| Jaluane Brooks, Aurora Sciences | Scott Werner, Honeywell Technology Services Inc. |
| James Mason, Cornell University | Shirley Tseng, INCOSE |
| James J. Peter, Johns Hopkins University | Spurge Norman, MITRE |
| James Jamison, IBM | Stan Rifkin, Stevens Institute of Technology |
| James Lentz, Northrop Grumman Corporation | Stephanie White, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus |
| James van Gaasbeek, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems | Stephen Townsend, PMI |
| Jay Mandelbaum, Institute for Defense Analyses | Susan Ferreira, University of Texas at Arlington |
| Jean-luc Garnier | Susan Murray, Missouri S&T |
| Jean-Luc Wippler, LUCA Ingénierie | Theodora Saunders, IEEE AES, IEEE Sys Council, AHS |
| Jeff Lankford, The Aerospace Corporation | Thomas Tudron, Lockheed Martin |
| Jennifer Milligan, Lockheed Martin MS2 | Timothy W. Lohr, Lockheed Martin MS2 |
| Jeremy I. Stuart, Boeing | Velda G. Musgrove, Lockheed Martin MS2 |
| JG Demmel, Raytheon | Vidyut Navelkar, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. |
| Jim Smith, Lockheed Martin | Vincenzo Arrichiello, SELEX Sistemi Integrati SpA |
| Joan E. Nolan, Northrop Grumman Corporation | Wayne Collier, Siemens PLM Software |
| JoAnn Lane | Wayne O’Brien, Raytheon |
| Joe Jenney | Weaver, Lockheed Martin |
| John Clark, Northrop Grumman Corporation and INCOSE | William Ely |
| John Goodwin, US Navy | William Golaz, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics |
| John Harauz, Jonic Systems Engineering | William J. Brocker, Brocker Engineering |
| John R Tubb | William Moore, Northrop Grumman Corporation |
| Johnny Duckworth, Space & Airborne Systems/Systems Development Center | William R. Lyders, ASSETT Inc. |
| Jon Holt, Atego | Yoshihiro Matsumoto, ASTEM Research Institute |
| Jose Luis Fernandez Sanchez, Madrid Technical University (UPM) | Yvonne Simms, Boeing |
| Julie DeMeester, Raytheon |
SEBoK Discussion
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