| Guide to Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (G2SEBoK) |
| Purpose |
A comprehensive guide will provide a singular resource for understanding the extent of the practice of Systems Engineering for a spectrum of purposes. These purposes may include accomplished systems engineers seeking more in-depth information in a particular area of the discipline or just in time performance support or other engineering disciplines performing systems engineering tasks. Just as likely the interested neophyte or potential consumer of systems engineering services may wish to learn more about the discipline. It is critical for this guide to be both simplistic and comprehensive. The tools to accomplish this layering do exist and will be applied to intermediate and long-term evolutions of this guide.
The structure of the SEBoK Guide is intended to foster inclusion rather than strictly defining what is and is not systems engineering. It would be very difficult and not entirely productive to reach consensus on a single process due simply to the diversity of the applications and the varying complexity of the systems to which the discipline is applied. |
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| Context |
| What is/isn't the SEBoK Guide? |
The SEBoK Guide is INCOSE's attempt to provide a service for its members as well as service to non-members. You will find this guide helpful in understanding not only systems engineering, but also the roles that INCOSE and its members play in promoting the discipline of systems engineering.
We have organized the guide to allow both discrete fact-finding on an aspect of systems engineering and broad inquiry. This guide is a holistic approach to the study and application of systems engineering and is not a "cookbook" that prescribes how systems engineering must be accomplished. |
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| What is unique about the SEBoK Guide? |
| This guide seeks to define systems engineering broadly, in terms of its concepts, processes, skills required and capability. In addition, this guide provides substantial linkage to related works. Through the use of this guide you can: |
- Gain an understanding of the overall and specific aspects of systems engineering
- Investigate the discipline from a functional, product or process perspective
- Comprehend the integrative nature of systems engineering through linkage to related disciplines and where applicable their bodies of knowledge
- Access available articles, papers, member authored texts and distance learning products
- Study existing standards and developing standards
- Interact with authors, members and leadership through discussion groups and forums
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| When is the SEBoK guide useful? |
| This is highly dependent on the user impetus. The following categories of users/uses are provided for illustration. |
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| Possible User Types |
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| Novice |
- Explore the discipline
- Determine applicability
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Licensing or Certification |
- Determination of professional standards
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Services Acquirer |
- Source selection
- Evaluation of sources and techniques
- Services evaluation
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Practitioner |
- Expansion of knowledge
- Specific problem solving
- Identification and evaluation of sources and techniques
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Academician |
- Referencing
- Curriculum/course development
- Expansion of knowledge
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Learner |
- Expansion of knowledge
- Accomplishment of corporate or certification requirements
- Verification of derived knowledge
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| Doesn't this knowledge already exist? |
| The supporting body of work referenced in the guide is referred to as the "systems engineering body of knowledge". The processes, lessons learned, products and standards have been developed since the 1930s. The guide does not create extensive new work, however it does provide organization and context for the information. |
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