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''<blockquote>A comprehensive, integrated plan that identifies the acquisition approach and describes the business, technical, and support strategies that management will follow to manage program risks and meet program objectives. The Acquisition Strategy should define the relationship between the acquisition phases and work efforts, and key program events such as decision points, reviews, contract awards, test activities, production lot/delivery quantities, and operational deployment objectives. (DAU February 19, 2010)</blockquote>''
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<blockquote>(1) ''The behavior that system is expected to exhibit.'' (ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 2010)</blockquote>
  
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<blockquote>(2) ''Work to be performed under a contract or subcontract in the completion of a project. Also called work scope. ''(BusinessDictionary.com) </blockquote>
DAU. February 19, 2010. ''Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG)''. Ft. Belvoir, VA, USA: Defense Acquisition University (DAU)/U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).  
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<blockquote>(3) ''The goals, processes, resources, facilities, activities, outputs and outcomes an organization is responsible for.'' (Created for SEBoK)</blockquote>
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(1) ISO/IEC/IEEE. 2010. ''Systems and Software Engineering - System and Software Engineering Vocabulary (SEVocab)''. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)/ Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2010.
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(2) BusinessDictionary.com, s.v. "Scope." Available online at: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/scope.html. Accessed July 7, 2012.
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(3) This definition was developed for the SEBoK.
  
 
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Discussion as to why this is the "consensus" definition for the SEBoK.
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Definition (1) is a typical systems engineering definition, outlining the range of behaviors/functions expected within a system. Definition (2) refers to the concept of "scope of work", as defined between an acquirer and a supplier. Definition (3) is important to the scope of an organization versus the scope of a system.  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 22:41, 18 November 2023

(1) The behavior that system is expected to exhibit. (ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765 2010)

(2) Work to be performed under a contract or subcontract in the completion of a project. Also called work scope. (BusinessDictionary.com)

(3) The goals, processes, resources, facilities, activities, outputs and outcomes an organization is responsible for. (Created for SEBoK)

Source

(1) ISO/IEC/IEEE. 2010. Systems and Software Engineering - System and Software Engineering Vocabulary (SEVocab). Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)/ Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2010.

(2) BusinessDictionary.com, s.v. "Scope." Available online at: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/scope.html. Accessed July 7, 2012.

(3) This definition was developed for the SEBoK.

Discussion

Definition (1) is a typical systems engineering definition, outlining the range of behaviors/functions expected within a system. Definition (2) refers to the concept of "scope of work", as defined between an acquirer and a supplier. Definition (3) is important to the scope of an organization versus the scope of a system.

SEBoK v. 2.9, released 20 November 2023