Mission
Support and extend the ISO’s VSE initiative to foster the involvement of small and medium systems engineering organizations” efforts by providing products that support ISO 29110 series of technical recommendations
Scope
The Small Business Systems Engineering (SBSE) Working Group (formerly the VSE WG) is creating Deployment Packages (DPs) for the benefit of and critical to small businesses and very small entities success. These DPs, developed to support the ISO/IEC 29110 systems engineering set of standard and guides, provide systems engineering process information tailored and scaled for use by the small business and very small entities. The DPs will provide systems engineering tasks and activities for quick and efficient implementation. These DPs are derived from ISO Standards (15288, 12207) and the INCOSE SE Handbook. In addition to the DPs, the SBSE WG is collecting case studies and developing training materials. All of these can be used by industry and governments worldwide.
Goals
Use Systems Engineering concepts to improve and make product development within small businesses more efficient
Elaborate tailored guidance for small businesses to apply, in the context of either a prime or subcontractor role
Elaborate tailored guidance to apply to small projects
Contribute to standardization in the context of Systems Engineering
Identify funding sources for small businesses to develop technical innovations that need systems engineering.
Identify small businesses that are working on innovation programs, including both small business set asides (such as SBIR and STTR) and technology transfer as targets for applying systems engineering for small businesses and eventually role models.
Provide a means for small businesses to connect to small businesses teaming partners, Small Business Liaison Officers of large firms, universities associated, with INCOSE, and mentors among SBSE WG and INCOSE members.