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The Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) has been, and continues to be, an immense undertaking involving the collective efforts of so many, including more than 70 authors, hundreds of reviewers, and numerous others, including associate editors, assistant editors, technical editors, governors, wiki implementers, and graphical artists.
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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.  
  
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We acknowledge their contributions,
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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.  
  
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==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.
  
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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.
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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.  
  
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==Original Sponsor==
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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.
  
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The Department of Defense 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) continues to provide substantial support to BKCASE through the SERC. Special thanks go to Stephen Welby, Kristen Baldwin, Nicholas Torelli, Don Gelosh, Scott Lucero, and Darren Dusza.  
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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.
  
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''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.''
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==Governance==
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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.
  
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==New Governance==
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== Content and Feature Updates for version 2.9==
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This version was released on 20 November 2023.  This release included:
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*[[Governance and Editorial Boards]] changes including a new Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor
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*A new article on [[Reverse Engineering a UAV Prototype using Agile Practices]]
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*A new article on [[System Security]] that replaces the one found in SEBoK 2.8
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*A new article on the [[An Overview of the SWEBOK Guide]] that replaces the one found in SEBoK 2.8
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*An updated article on Loss Driven Systems Engineering, [[A Framework for Viewing Quality Attributes from the Lens of Loss]]
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*An updated article on [[System Resilience]]
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*A transition from the use cases originally published in SEBoK v. 1.0 to more persona-driven guidance for different types of [[SEBoK Users and Uses|users]]
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*Minor updates to articles throughout the SEBoK
  
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Beginning in January 2013, the SEBoK began operating under a new governance structure, led by INCOSE, IEEE-CS, and the 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 the SEBoK 1.1 release and we thank them for their leadership and dedication.
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==SEBoK Release History==
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There have been 21 releases of the SEBoK to date.  
  
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*Rick Adcock, ''Cranfield University''
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=== Main Releases ===
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*Barry Boehm, ''University of Southern California''
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* [[Development of SEBoK v. 2.9|Version 2.9]] - current version.
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*Cihan Dagli, ''Missouri University of Science and Technology''
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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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*Judith Dahmann, ''MITRE''
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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.
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*Heidi Davidz, ''Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne''
 
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*Dov Dori, ''Technion Israel Institute of Technology''
 
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*Tim Ferris, ''University of South Australia''
 
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*Greg Parnell, ''United States Military Ac
 
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*Sam Seymour, ''Johns Hopkins University''
 
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*Ariela Sofer, ''George Mason University''
 
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*Ricardo Valerdi, ''University of Arizona''
 
  
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The stewards also stood up the BKCASE Governing Board to be their primary agents to oversee and guide the SEBoK and its companion BKCASE product, GRCSE.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
  
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*Richard Fairley, ''IEEE Computer Society''
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Click on the links above to read more information about each release.
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*Kevin Forsberg, ''INCOSE''
 
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*Ken Nidiffer, ''IEEE Computer Society''
 
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*David Olwell, ''SERC''
 
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*Art Pyster, ''SERC''
 
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*David Walden, ''INCOSE''
 
  
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The core staff (except for Alice Squires, who has taken a new position), so 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.
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*Stephanie Enck, ''Naval Postgraduate School''
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<center>'''SEBoK v. 2.9, released 20 November 2023'''</center>
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*Devanandham Henry, ''Stevens Institute of Technology''
 
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*Nicole Hutchison, ''Stevens Institute of Technology''
 
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Finally, special thanks goes to INCOSE Presidents Samantha Robitaille and John Thomas for their early and constant support to the SEBoK development.
 
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The SEBoK is divided into seven primary ''Parts'' (see [[SEBoK Table of Contents]]).  Through the release of SEBoK 1.0, 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 editorial staff supported each of the part team leads.
 
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* Part 2 - Richard Adcock with support from Nicole Hutchison
 
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* Part 3 - Garry Roedler with support from Jim Anthony
 
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* Part 4 - Harold (Bud) Lawson with support from David Olwell
 
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* Part 5 - Art Pyster with support from Alice Squires and Devanandham Henry
 
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* Part 6 - David Olwell with support from Art Pyster
 
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==Authors==
 
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|Mo Jamshidi, ''University of Texas San Antonio, USA
 
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|James F. Anthony, Jr., ''Sevatec, Inc., USA
 
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|Cheryl Jones, ''United States Army, USA
 
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|Erik Aslaksen, ''Sinclair Knight Merz, Australia
 
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|Chul Whan Kim, ''Advisor of KCOSE, Korea
 
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|Richard Beasley, ''Rolls Royce, UK
 
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|Naohiko Kohtake, ''KEIO University, Japan
 
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|Barry Boehm, ''University of Southern California, USA
 
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|Harold (Bud) Lawson, ''Lawson Konsult AB, Sweden
 
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|Stuart Booth, ''Office of the Secretary of Defense, USA
 
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|Yeaw Lip Alex Lee, ''Defence Science and Technology Agency, Singapore
 
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|John Brackett, ''Boston University, USA
 
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|Ray Madachy, ''Naval Postgraduate School, USA
 
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|Chuck Calvano, ''Naval Postgraduate School, USA
 
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|James Martin, ''The Aerospace Corporation, USA
 
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|Aaron Eng Seng Chia, ''National University of Singapore, Singapore
 
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|Gregory Mayhew, ''Boeing, USA
 
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|Kyung-il Choe, ''HUFS, Korea
 
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|Steven Mitchell, ''Lockheed Martin, USA
 
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|Edmund Conrow, ''Management and Technology Associates, USA
 
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|Ken Nidiffer, ''Carnegie Mellon SEI and IEEE Systems Council, USA
 
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|David H. Olwell, ''Naval Postgraduate School, USA
 
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|Cihan Dagli, ''Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
 
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|Bo Oppenheim, ''Loyola Marymount University, USA
 
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|Judith Dahmann, ''The MITRE Corporation, USA
 
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|Gregory Parnell, ''United States Military Academy, USA
 
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|Heidi Davidz, ''Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, USA
 
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|Andy Pickard, ''Rolls-Royce, USA
 
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|Ricardo Pineda, ''University Texas at El Paso, USA
 
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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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|Garry Roedler, ''Lockheed Martin, USA
 
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|Samuel Seymour, ''Johns Hopkins University, USA
 
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|Joseph J. Ekstrom, ''Brigham Young University, USA
 
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|Stephanie Enck, ''Naval Postgraduate School, USA
 
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|Hillary Sillitto, ''Thales Group and INCOSE, UK
 
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|Marcia Enos, ''Lockheed Martin, USA
 
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|Janet Singer, ''International Society for the Systems Sciences, USA
 
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|Dick Fairley, ''Observer and Author from IEEE, USA
 
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|John Snoderly, ''Defense Acquisition University, USA
 
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|Alain Faisandier, ''Association Francaise d 'Ingenlerie Systeme, France
 
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|Ariela Sofer, ''George Mason University, USA
 
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|T.L.J. Ferris, ''University of South Australia and INCOSE, Australia
 
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|Alice Squires, ''Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
 
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|G. Richard Freeman, ''Air Force Institute of Technology, USA
 
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|Massood Towhidnejad, ''Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
 
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|Sanford Friedenthal, ''SAF Consulting, Lockheed Martin (retired), USA
 
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|Guilherme Horta Travassos, ''Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
 
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|Brian Gallagher, ''CACI, USA
 
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|Ricardo Valerdi, ''University of Arizona, USA
 
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|Mary VanLeer, ''Perceptive Systems, Inc., USA
 
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|Qing Wang, ''Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
 
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|Thomas Hilburn, ''Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and IEEE Computer Society, USA
 
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|Brian Wells, ''Raytheon, USA (retired)
 
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*Paola Di Maio, University of Strathclyde
 
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*Sanford Friedenthal, SAF Consulting
 
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*Jude Ken-Kwofie, Stevens Institute of Technology
 
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*Edward Ghafari
 
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*Mike Gourley
 
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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 (0.25, 0.50, and 0.75) are listed in Table 2, below. In addition, there are a number of ''other'' reviewers who provided their comments directly on the wiki with only a ''userid'' (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 2 below. Many thanks to all reviewers!
 
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|Johnny Duckworth, ''Space & Airborne Systems/Systems Development Center
 
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|Ada Hunter, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Jose Luis Fernandez Sanchez, ''Madrid Technical University (UPM)
 
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|Adeel Khalid, ''Southern Polytechnic State University
 
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|Julie DeMeester, ''Raytheon
 
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|Alan D Harding, ''BAE Systems
 
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|Julie P. Gann, ''Northrop Grumman Information Systems
 
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|Alan Knott, ''Parsons Brinckerhoff
 
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|Kal Toth, ''Portland State University
 
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|Ali Bahraman, ''Raytheon
 
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|Anne Sigogne, ''THALES
 
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|Kenneth Morris
 
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|Annette Reilly, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Krister Sutinen, ''Siemens Industry Software AB
 
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|Arnold Neville Pears, ''Uppsala University
 
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|Lajuane Brooks, ''Aurora Sciences
 
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|Bart Terrery, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Larri Rosser, ''Raytheon IIS
 
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|Berger, ''Northrop Grumman Corporation
 
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|Laurie Nasta, ''Booz Allen Hamilton
 
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|Bernadette Gasmi, ''EADS Airbus
 
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|Lori Zipes, ''NAVSEA NSWC Panama City Division (US Dept of Navy)
 
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|Beth Wilson, ''Raytheon
 
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|Lou Oddo, ''Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
 
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|Bob Epps and a consolidated review, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Louisa Guise, ''Raytheon
 
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|Bobinis, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|M.T.F.M. van de Ven, ''INCOSE ISSWG
 
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|Bruce Elliott, ''Arbutus Technical Consulting
 
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|Marcel van de Ven, ''Movares Nederland b.v.
 
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|Bruce Munro, ''Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
 
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|Mark Ardis, ''Stevens Institute of Technology
 
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|Bryan E. Herdlick, ''Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
 
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|Mark Maier, ''The Aerospace Corporation
 
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|Chia Eng Seng Aaron, ''National University of Singapore
 
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|Martin Nazareth
 
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|Curt Zielinski, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Matthew Petty
 
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|Dahai Liu, ''Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
 
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|Michael Bisconti, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Dan Dillery
 
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|Michael C. Dapp, ''Lockheed Martin MS2
 
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|Daniel J Dechant, ''Raytheon
 
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|Michael Coughenour, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Daniel Mulvihill, ''Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
 
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|Michael O'Neill, ''Georgia Tech Research Institute
 
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|David D. Walden, ''INCOSE & Sysnovation LLC
 
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|Michael Ryan, ''INCOSE Requirements Working Group
 
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|David Kraus, ''Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
 
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|Michaelson, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|David Quastel
 
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|Michele Hanna, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|David Yarbrough, ''Northrop Grumman Corporation
 
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|Mike Gayle, ''Boeing
 
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|Mike Prendergast
 
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|Dennis Moen, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Mike Stemig, ''Raytheon
 
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|Donald Larson
 
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|Mike Yokel, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Donald Robertson, ''Lockheed Martin MS2
 
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|Nelson Roberts, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Duncan Kemp, Department for Transport
 
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|Odile Mornas, ''Thales Université
 
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|Paola Di Maio, ''University of Strathclyde
 
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|Karen J Richter, ''Institute for Defense Analyses
 
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|Patra Stroemer, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Stan Rifkin, ''Stevens Institute of Technology
 
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|Paul Joannou, ''IEEE Computer Society
 
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|Edmond Tonnellier, ''Thales
 
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|Paul Martellock, ''LMT
 
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|Emile Anderson, ''Raytheon IDS
 
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|Peter Brook, ''Dashwood Consulting Ltd
 
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|Francis M. Joyner, ''Raytheon
 
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|Pieter Botman, ''Independent
 
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|Frédéric Autran, ''EADS - Cassidian Systems
 
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|Ian Sommerville, ''University of St. Andrews
 
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|Gauthier Fanmuy, ''AND
 
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|Richard Rifelli, ''Northrop Grumman Corporation
 
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|George Rebovich, ''MITRE
 
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|Rob Schaaf, ''IEEE
 
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|Gerald H. Fisher
 
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|Robert Cantrell, ''Raytheon IDS
 
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|Gerard Auvray, ''Astrium Satellite
 
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|Robert Mottl, ''NGAS
 
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|Gilles Meuriot, ''AREVA TA
 
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|Robert Rathbone, ''EADS - Cassidian Systems
 
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|Gorman Findley, ''Raytheon
 
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|Roddey Smith, ''NGC/NGAS/AMS/CWIN
 
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|Greg Brown, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Roger C. Pare, ''Lockheed Martin MS2
 
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|Hagar, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Rolan Mazzella, ''Thales
 
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|Hans van Vliet, ''VU University, Amsterdam
 
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|Ronald Fradenburg, ''Ingalls Shipbuilding
 
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|Harold Baker
 
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|Roxann Marumoto, ''Raytheon
 
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|Harold Mooz, ''HMA
 
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|Scott Werner, ''Honeywell Technology Services Inc.
 
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|Howard Eisner, ''George Washington University
 
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|Shirley Tseng
 
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|Hubert Ernest Cody, ''Raytheon
 
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|Spurge Norman, ''MITRE
 
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|IEEE Computer Society (collective review)
 
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|Stephanie White, ''Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus
 
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|Ivan Mactaggart, ''AWE PLC
 
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|Stephen Townsend, ''PMI
 
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|Jack Ring, ''Educe LLC
 
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|Susan Ferreira, ''University of Texas at Arlington
 
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|Jaluane Brooks, ''Aurora Sciences
 
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|Susan Murray, ''Missouri S&T
 
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|James J. Peter, ''Johns Hopkins University
 
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|Theodora Saunders, ''IEEE AES, IEEE Sys Council, AHS
 
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|James Jamison, ''IBM
 
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|Thomas Tudron, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|James Lentz, ''Northrop Grumman Corporation
 
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|Timothy W. Lohr, ''Lockheed Martin MS2
 
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|James van Gaasbeek, ''Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
 
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|Velda G. Musgrove, ''Lockheed Martin MS2
 
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|Jay Mandelbaum, ''Institute for Defense Analyses
 
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|Vidyut Navelkar, ''Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
 
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|Jean-luc Garnier
 
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|Vincenzo Arrichiello, ''SELEX Sistemi Integrati SpA
 
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|Jean-Luc Wippler, ''LUCA Ingénierie
 
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|Wayne Collier, ''Siemens PLM Software
 
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|Jeff Lankford, ''The Aerospace Corporation
 
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|Wayne O’Brien, ''Raytheon
 
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|Jennifer Milligan, ''Lockheed Martin MS2
 
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|Weaver, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|Jeremy I. Stuart, ''Boeing
 
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|William Ely
 
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|JG Demmel, ''Raytheon
 
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|William Golaz, ''Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
 
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|Jim Smith, ''Lockheed Martin
 
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|William J. Brocker, ''Brocker Engineering
 
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|Joan E. Nolan, ''Northrop Grumman Corporation
 
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|William Moore, ''Northrop Grumman Corporation
 
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|JoAnn Lane
 
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|William R. Lyders, ''ASSETT Inc.
 
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|John Clark, ''Northrop Grumman Corporation and INCOSE
 
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|Yoshihiro Matsumoto, ''ASTEM Research Institute
 
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|John Harauz, ''Jonic Systems Engineering
 
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|Yvonne Simms, ''Boeing
 
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|John R Tubb
 
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Latest revision as of 20:26, 19 November 2023

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 2.9

This version was released on 20 November 2023. This release included:

SEBoK Release History

There have been 21 releases of the SEBoK to date.

Main Releases

  • Version 2.9 - current version.
  • 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. 2.9, released 20 November 2023
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