Acknowledgements and Release History
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.
We acknowledge their contributions,
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 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 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.
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.
New Governance
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.
- Rick Adcock, Cranfield University
- Barry Boehm, University of Southern California
- Cihan Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology
- Judith Dahmann, MITRE
- Heidi Davidz, Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne
- Dov Dori, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
- Tim Ferris, University of South Australia
- Greg Parnell, United States Military Ac
- Sam Seymour, Johns Hopkins University
- Ariela Sofer, George Mason University
- Ricardo Valerdi, University of Arizona
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.
- Richard Fairley, IEEE Computer Society
- Kevin Forsberg, INCOSE
- Ken Nidiffer, IEEE Computer Society
- David Olwell, SERC
- Art Pyster, SERC
- David Walden, INCOSE
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.
- Stephanie Enck, Naval Postgraduate School
- Deva Henry, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Nicole Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology
Finally, special thanks goes 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 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.
- 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 | Duane Hyberston, The MITRE Corporation, USA |
| James F. Anthony, Jr., Sevatec, Inc., USA | Scott Jackson, University of Southern California, USA |
| Erik Aslaksen, Sinclair Knight Merz, Australia | Mo Jamshidi, University of Texas San Antonio, USA |
| Richard Beasley, 'Rolls Royce, UK | Cheryl Jones, United States Army |
| Barry Boehm, University of Southern California, USA | Chul Whan Kim, Advisor of KCOSE, Korea |
| Stuart Booth, Office of the Secretary of Defense, USA | Naohiko Kohtake, KEIO University, Japan |
| John Brackett, Boston University, USA | Harold (Bud) Lawson, Lawson Konsult AB, Sweden |
| Chuck Calvano, Naval Postgraduate School, USA | Yeaw Lip Alex Lee, Defence Science and Technology Agency, Singapore |
| Aaron Eng Seng Chia, National University of Singapore, Singapore | Ray Madachy, Naval Postgraduate School, USA |
| Kyung-il Choe, HUFS, Korea | James Martin, The Aerospace Corporation, USA |
| Edmund Conrow, Management and Technology Associates, USA | Gregory Mayhew, Boeing, USA |
| Paul Croll, CSC, USA | Steven Mitchell, Lockheed Martin, USA |
| Cihan Dagli, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA | Ken Nidiffer, Carnegie Mellon SEI and IEEE Systems Council, USA |
| Judith Dahmann, The MITRE Corporation, USA | David H. Olwell, Naval Postgraduate School, USA |
| Heidi Davidz, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, USA | Bo Oppenheim, Loyola Marymount University, USA |
| Leopoldo Decardenas, Raytheon, USA | Andy Pickard, Rolls-Royce, USA |
| Johann (Hans) Demmel, Raytheon, USA | Ricardo Pineda, University Texas at El Paso, USA |
| Jeremy Dick, Integrate Systems Engineering Ltd., USA | Daniel Prun, Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile (ENAC), France |
| Charles Dickerson, Loughborough University, UK | Art Pyster, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA |
| David Dorgan, Raytheon, USA | Garry Roedler, Lockheed Martin, USA |
| Dov Dori, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Isreal and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA | Jean-Claude Roussel, EADS, France |
| Joseph J. Ekstrom, Brigham Young University, USA | Janet Singer, University of California Santa Cruz, USA |
| Stephanie Enck, Naval Postgraduate School, USA | Seiko Shirasaka, KEIO University, Japan |
| Marcia Enos, Lockheed Martin, USA | Hillary Sillitto, Thales Group and INCOSE, UK |
| Dick Fairley, Observer and Author from IEEE, USA | John Snoderly, Defense Acquisition University, USA |
| Alain Faisandier, Association Francaise d 'Ingenlerie Systeme, France | Alice Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA |
| T.L.J. Ferris, University of South Australia and INCOSE, Australia | Bill Stiffler, Raytheon, USA |
| Kevin Forsberg, OGR Systems, USA | Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA |
| G. Richard Freeman, Air Force Institute of Technology, USA | Guilherme Horta Travassos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil |
| Sanford Friedenthal, SAF Consulting, Lockheed Martin (retired), USA | Ricardo Valerdi, University of Arizona, USA |
| Brian Gallagher, CACI, USA | Mary VanLeer, Perceptive Systems, Inc., USA |
| Devanandham Henry, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA | Qing Wang, Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| Michael Henshaw, Loughborough University, UK | Brian Wells, Raytheon, USA (retired) |
| Thomas Hilburn, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and IEEE Computer Society, USA | Brian White, CAU<SES, USA |
| Nicole A.C. Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA | Ken Zemrowski, TASC, Inc., USA |
Partners
Partner organizations supported the development of the 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 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
- Deva 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, 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:
- tech editors
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 (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!
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 | Johnny Duckworth, Space & Airborne Systems/Systems Development Center |
| Ada Hunter, Lockheed Martin | Jose Luis Fernandez Sanchez, Madrid Technical University (UPM) |
| Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University | Julie DeMeester, Raytheon |
| Alan D Harding, BAE Systems | Julie P. Gann, Northrop Grumman Information Systems |
| Alan Knott, Parsons Brinckerhoff | Kal Toth, Portland State University |
| Ali Bahraman, Raytheon | Karen Charron, Raytheon |
| Andrew Farncombe, John Boardman Associates | Karl Best, Project Management Institute |
| Andrew McGettrick, The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | Ken Ellis, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems |
| Anne Sigogne, THALES | Kenneth Morris |
| Annette Reilly, Lockheed Martin | Krister Sutinen, Siemens Industry Software AB |
| Arnold Neville Pears, Uppsala University | Lajuane Brooks, Aurora Sciences |
| Bart Terrery, Lockheed Martin | Larri Rosser, Raytheon IIS |
| Berger, Northrop Grumman Corporation | Laurie Nasta, Booz Allen Hamilton |
| 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 Maier, The Aerospace Corporation |
| Chia Eng Seng Aaron, National University of Singapore | Martin Nazareth |
| Curt Zielinski, Lockheed Martin | Matthew Petty |
| Dahai Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | Michael Bisconti, Lockheed Martin |
| Dan Dillery | Michael C. Dapp, Lockheed Martin MS2 |
| Daniel J Dechant, Raytheon | Michael Coughenour, Lockheed Martin |
| Daniel Mulvihill, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne | Michael O'Neill, Georgia Tech Research Institute |
| David D. Walden, INCOSE & Sysnovation LLC | Michael Ryan, INCOSE Requirements Working Group |
| David Kraus, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems | Michael Wilkinson, Niteworks/Atkins |
| David Mason, Lockheed Martin | Michaelson, Lockheed Martin |
| David Quastel | Michele Hanna, Lockheed Martin |
| David Yarbrough, Northrop Grumman Corporation | Mike Gayle, Boeing |
| Dawn Sabados, University of Alabama Huntsville | Mike O’Neill, Georgia Tech Research Institute |
| Denis Bertrand & others, Department of National Defence | Mike Prendergast |
| Dennis Moen, Lockheed Martin | Mike Stemig, Raytheon |
| Donald Larson | Mike Yokel, Lockheed Martin |
| Donald Robertson, Lockheed Martin MS2 | Nelson Roberts, Lockheed Martin |
| Duncan Kemp, Department for Transport | Odile Mornas, Thales Université |
| Jon Holt, Atego | Paola Di Maio, University of Strathclyde |
| Karen J Richter, Institute for Defense Analyses | Patra Stroemer, Lockheed Martin |
| Stan Rifkin, Stevens Institute of Technology | Paul Joannou, IEEE Computer Society |
| Edmond Tonnellier, Thales | Paul Martellock, LMT |
| Emile Anderson, Raytheon IDS | Peter Brook, Dashwood Consulting Ltd |
| Francis M. Joyner, Raytheon | Pieter Botman, Independent |
| Frédéric Autran, EADS - Cassidian Systems | Ian Sommerville, University of St. Andrews |
| Gauthier Fanmuy, AND | Richard Rifelli, Northrop Grumman Corporation |
| George Rebovich, MITRE | Rob Schaaf, IEEE |
| Gerald H. Fisher | Robert Cantrell, Raytheon IDS |
| Gerard Auvray, Astrium Satellite | Robert Mottl, NGAS |
| Gilles Meuriot, AREVA TA | Robert Rathbone, EADS - Cassidian Systems |
| Gorman Findley, Raytheon | Roddey Smith, NGC/NGAS/AMS/CWIN |
| Greg Brown, Lockheed Martin | Roger C. Pare, Lockheed Martin MS2 |
| Hagar, Lockheed Martin | Rolan Mazzella, Thales |
| Hans van Vliet, VU University, Amsterdam | Ronald Fradenburg, Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Harold Baker | Roxann Marumoto, Raytheon |
| Harold Mooz, HMA | Scott Werner, Honeywell Technology Services Inc. |
| Howard Eisner, George Washington University | Shirley Tseng |
| Hubert Ernest Cody, Raytheon | Spurge Norman, MITRE |
| IEEE Computer Society (collective review) | Stephanie White, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus |
| Ivan Mactaggart, AWE PLC | Stephen Townsend, PMI |
| Jack Ring, Educe LLC | Susan Ferreira, University of Texas at Arlington |
| Jaluane Brooks, Aurora Sciences | Susan Murray, Missouri S&T |
| James J. Peter, Johns Hopkins University | Theodora Saunders, IEEE AES, IEEE Sys Council, AHS |
| James Jamison, IBM | Thomas Tudron, Lockheed Martin |
| James Lentz, Northrop Grumman Corporation | Timothy W. Lohr, Lockheed Martin MS2 |
| James van Gaasbeek, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems | Velda G. Musgrove, Lockheed Martin MS2 |
| Jay Mandelbaum, Institute for Defense Analyses | Vidyut Navelkar, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. |
| Jean-luc Garnier | Vincenzo Arrichiello, SELEX Sistemi Integrati SpA |
| Jean-Luc Wippler, LUCA Ingénierie | Wayne Collier, Siemens PLM Software |
| Jeff Lankford, The Aerospace Corporation | Wayne O’Brien, Raytheon |
| Jennifer Milligan, Lockheed Martin MS2 | Weaver, Lockheed Martin |
| Jeremy I. Stuart, Boeing | William Ely |
| JG Demmel, Raytheon | William Golaz, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics |
| Jim Smith, Lockheed Martin | William J. Brocker, Brocker Engineering |
| Joan E. Nolan, Northrop Grumman Corporation | William Moore, Northrop Grumman Corporation |
| JoAnn Lane | William R. Lyders, ASSETT Inc. |
| John Clark, Northrop Grumman Corporation and INCOSE | Yoshihiro Matsumoto, ASTEM Research Institute |
| John Harauz, Jonic Systems Engineering | Yvonne Simms, Boeing |
| John R Tubb |
SEBoK Discussion
Please provide your comments and feedback on the SEBoK below. You will need to log in to DISQUS using an existing account (e.g. Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) or create a DISQUS account. Simply type your comment in the text field below and DISQUS will guide you through the login or registration steps. Feedback will be archived and used for future updates to the SEBoK. If you provided a comment that is no longer listed, that comment has been adjudicated. You can view adjudication for comments submitted prior to SEBoK v. 1.0 at SEBoK Review and Adjudication. Later comments are addressed and changes are summarized in the Letter from the Editor and Acknowledgements and Release History.
If you would like to provide edits on this article, recommend new content, or make comments on the SEBoK as a whole, please see the SEBoK Sandbox.
blog comments powered by Disqus