Acknowledgements and Release History

The BKCASE project, and the SEBoK in particular, is an immense undertaking. This task could not have been completed without the support and contributions of many individuals and organizations. We could not possibly have gotten this far without those listed below and we would like to sincerely thank our sponsor, authors, partners, and reviewers.

With gratitude,

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Art Pyster Dave Olwell Co-Editor-in-Chief Co-Editor-in-Chief

Sponsor

The Department of Defense recognizes the importance of BKCASE to its own workforce development and has offered 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 BKCASE. DASD/SE has graciously provided much of the funding for the BKCASE project through their Systems Engineering Research Center. Those funds primarily pay for the time spent by the BKCASE leadership, enables the many volunteer authors to conduct quarterly physical workshops, and provides for the technical and administrative infrastructure to conduct such a complex distributed project. DASD/SE does not determine 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.

Authors

As a primarily volunteer effort, BKCASE depends 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 0.5, and without each of them, it would have been impossible to get this far.

Table 1 - BKCASE Authors

Rick Adcock, Cranfield University, UK		Scott Jackson, University of Southern California, USA
James Anthony, Sevatech, Inc., USA		Mo Jamshidi, University of Texas San Antonio, USA
Erik Aslaksen, Sinclair Knight Merz, Australia		Cheryl Jones, U.S. Army, USA
Richard Beasley, Rolls Royce, UK		Chul Whan Kim,
Johan Bendz, Bendz & Co., Sweden		Naohiko Kohtake, Keio University, Japan
Barry Boehm, University of 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, University of Boston, USA		Ray Madachy, Naval Postgraduate School, USA
Chuck Calvano, Naval Postgraduate School, USA		James Martin, Aerospace Corporation, USA
Aaron Eng Seng Chia, Naval university of Singapore, Singapore		Greg Mayhew, Boeing, USA
Kyung-il Choe, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea		Steve Mitchell, Lockheed Martin, USA
Edmund Conrow, Management and Technology Associates, USA		Ken NiDiffer, Software Engineering Institute, USA
Paul Croll, CSC, USA		Dave Olwell, Naval Postgraduate School, USA
Cihan Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA		Andrew Pickard, Rolls-Royce, USA
Judith Dahmann, MITRE, USA		Ricardo Pineda, Texas Technical University, USA
Heidi Davidz, UTC Pratt and Whitney, USA		Daniel Prun, Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC), France
Jeremy Dick, Integrated Systems Engineering Ltd., UK		Art Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Charles Dickerson, Loughborough University, UK		Garry Roedler, Lockheed Martin, USA
Dov Dori, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA		Jean-Claude Roussel, European Aeronautical Defence and Space Company (EADS), France
Joseph J. Ekstrom, Brigham Young University, USA		Hillary Sillitto, Thales Group, UK
Marcia Enos, Lockheed Martin, USA		John Snoderly, Defense Acquisition University, USA
Dick Fairley, Colorado Technical University, USA		Alice Squires , Stevens Institute of Technology
Alain Faisandier, Association Francaise d‘lingeniere Systeme, France		Bill Stiffler, Raytheon, USA
Tim Ferris, University of South Australia, Autralia		Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
Kevin Forsberg, Center for Systems Management, USA		Guilherme Horta Travassos, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
G. Richard Freeman, Air Force Institute of Technology, USA		Ricardo Valerdi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Sanford Friedenthal, Lockheed Martin, USA		Mary VanLeer, Perceptive Systems, Inc.
Brian Gallagher, Northrop Grumman, USA		Qing Wang, Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Michael Henshaw, Loughborough University, UK		Brian Wells, Raytheon, USA
Tom Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA		Mary Jane Willshire,
Nicole Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA		Brian White, CAU<SES, USA
Peter Jackson, Cornell University, USA		Ken Zemrowski, TASC, USA

Partners

Partner organizations support BKCASE by providing personnel, opportunities to discuss the SEBoK in open forums such as conferences and workshops, and provide useful 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 Tom Hilburn and Dick Fairley.
• The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Systems Council. The official IEEE Systems Council representative is Ken Nidiffer.
• 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.

For more information on potential partner involvement after publication of Part 5, please see SEBoK Evolution.

Wiki Team

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, Stevens Institute of Technology
• Stephanie Enck, Naval Postgraduate School
• Hans-Peter de Koning, European Space Agency
• Paola Di Maio, University of Strathclyde
• Ray Jorgensen, Rockwell Collins
• Sanford Friedenthal, Lockheed Martin
• Steven Mitchell, Lockheed Martin

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 are listed in Table 2, below. Many thanks. Many additional reviewers are anticipated for the broad review sought for version 0.5.

Table 2. SEBoK version 0.25 Reviewers.

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 Compus		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, UAHuntsville		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,		Rolan Mazzella@fr.thalesgroup.com, 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, Self		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, The 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)