Systems Engineering (glossary)

(1) Any application of a combination of traditional engineering and holistic systems thinking, working with domain engineering, human sciences, management and commercial disciplines, to support the engineering of one or more systems of interest to come.

(2) Interdisciplinary approach governing the total technical and managerial effort required to transform a set of customer needs, expectations, and constraints into a solution and to support that solution throughout its life.

(3) An interdisciplinary approach and means to enable the realization of successful systems. It focuses on defining customer needs and required functionality early in the development cycle, documenting requirements, then proceeding with design synthesis and system validation while considering the complete problem:

• • Operations
  • Performance
  • Test
  • Manufacturing
  • Cost & Schedule
  • Training & Support
  • Disposal

Systems engineering integrates all the disciplines and specialty groups into a team effort forming a structured development process that proceeds from concept to production to operation. Systems engineering considers both the business and the technical needs of all customers with the goal of providing a quality product that meets the user needs. (INCOSE 2010, 1)

Source

(1) This definition was developed for the SEBoK version 0.5. ‘’Note to reviewers’’: If you are aware of a more authoritative definition, please provide this information in your review.

(2) This definition was developed for the SEBoK version 0.5. ‘’Note to reviewers’’: If you are aware of a more authoritative definition, please provide this information in your review.

(3) INCOSE. 2010. INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook, version 3.2. San Diego, CA, USA: International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), INCOSE-TP-2003-002-03.2.

Discussion

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