Development of SEBoK v. 1.6

This version of the SEBoK was released 25 March 2016. This is a minor release of the SEBoK which includes SEBoK v. 1.6 includes a reorganization of Part 1, SEBoK Introduction,

Content and Feature Updates for v. 1.6

This section provides a summary of changes for SEBoK v1.6. See letter from the editor for a wider discussion of the changes and future plans.

SEBoK v1.6 includes a reorganization of Part 1, SEBoK Introduction. Part 1 has been divided into three knowledge areas (KA):Introduction to the SEBoK,Introduction to Systems Engineering,Introduction to SE Transformation.

Overview of healthcare Systems Engineering. 

Transitioning Systems Engineering to a Model-based Discipline

SEBoK v. 1.6 Authors

Editors (in bold) and Authors who contributed materials specifically to the v. 1.5 products are listed in Table 1, below.

Table 1. SEBoK v. 1.5 Authors. (SEBoK Original)

SEBoK Part	Editors and Authors
Part 1	Alice Squires, Washington State University (USA), Tom Hilburn, Embry-Riddle (USA), Paul Phister (USA), Rick Adcock, Cranfield University (UK)
Part 2	Brian Sauser,University of North Texas(USA), Brian White,CAU>SE(USA)

SEBoK v. 1.6 Editors

The Editorial Board for v. 1.5 is listed in Tables 2, 3, and 4 below.

Editorial Board

The SEBoK Editorial Board is chaired by an Editor in Chief, supported by a group of Associate Editors.

Table 2. SEBoK v. 1.5 Leadership. (SEBoK Original)

BKCASE Editor in Chief
	Richard D. Adcock Cranfield University (UK) richard.adcock@incose.org Responsible for the appointment of SEBoK Editors and for the overall content and coherence of the SEBoK.

Each Editor has his/her area(s) of responsibility, or shared responsibility, highlighted in the table below.

Table 3. SEBoK v. 1.6 Associate Editors. (SEBoK Original)

SEBoK Part 1 SEBoK Introduction
Ariela Sofer George Mason University (USA) asofer@gmu.edu Responsible for Part 1

SEBoK Part 2: Foundations of Systems Engineering
Cihan Dagli Missouri University of Science & Technology (USA) dagli@mst.edu Responsible for the Systems Approach Applied to Engineered Systems knowledge areas	Dov Dori Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) and Technion Israel Institute of Technology (Israel) dori@mit.edu Responsible for the Representing Systems with Models knowledge area
Duane Hybertson MITRE (USA) Jointly responsible for the Systems Fundamentals, Systems Science and Systems Thinking knowledge areas	Janet Singer (USA) Jointly responsible for the Systems Fundamentals, Systems Science and Systems Thinking knowledge areas
Mike Yearworth University of Bristol (UK) Jointly responsible for the Systems Fundamentals, Systems Science and Systems Thinking knowledge areas

SEBoK Part 3: Systems Engineering and Management
Barry Boehm University of Southern California (USA) boehm@usc.edu Jointly responsible for the Systems Engineering Management and Life Cycle Models knowledge areas	Kevin Forsberg OGR Systems Jointly responsible for the Systems Engineering Management and Life Cycle Models knowledge areas
Gregory Parnell University of Arkansas (USA) gparnell@uark.edu Responsible for Systems Engineering Management knowledge area.	Garry Roedler Lockheed Martin (USA) garry.j.roedler@lmco.com Responsible for the Concept Definition and System Definition knowledge areas.
Ricardo Valerdi University of Arizona (USA) rvalerdi@email.arizona.edu Responsible for the System Realization knowledge area.	Ken Zemrowski TASC kenneth.zemrowski@incose.org Responsible for the Systems Engineering Standards knowledge area.

SEBoK Part 4: Applications of Systems Engineering
Judith Dahmann MITRE Corporation (USA) jdahmann@mitre.org Jointly responsible for Product Systems Engineering and Systems of Systems (SoS) knowledge areas	Michael Henshaw Loughborough University (UK) M.J.d.Henshaw@lboro.ac.uk Jointly responsible for Product Systems Engineering and Systems of Systems (SoS) knowledge areas
James Martin The Aerospace Corporation james.martin@incose.org Responsible for the Enterprise Systems Engineering knowledge area.

SEBoK Part 5: Enabling Systems Engineering
Emma Sparks Cranfield University Jointly responsible for the Enabling IndividualsandEnabling Teams knowledge area	Rick Hefner California Institute of Technology
Tim Ferris Cranfield University

SEBoK Part 6 Related Disciplines
Alice Squires Washington State University (USA) alice.squires@wsu.edu	Paul Phister MANIAC Consulting phisterp@juno.com

SEBoK Part 7 Systems Engineering Implementation Examples
Brian Sauser University of North Texas (USA) brian.sauser@unt.edu Responsible for Part 7: Systems Engineering Implementation Examples, which includes Case Studies and Vignettes	Brian White CAU>SE (USA) bewhite71@gmail.com Responsible for Part 7: Systems Engineering Implementation Examples, which includes Case Studies and Vignettes

Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE)
David H. Olwell Naval Postgraduate School (USA) Senior Editor for GRCSE.

The Assistant Editors provide general editorial support across all topics. They assist both with content improvement and production issues.

Table 4. SEBoK v. 1.5 Assistant Editors. (SEBoK Original)

BKCASE Assistant Editors
Claus Ballegaard Nielsen, Cranfield University (UK)