Reference
Publicly accessible resources relevant to systems engineering and related disciplines, including handbooks, frameworks, specifications, guides and course materials. Links go to the original publisher or source. Inclusion does not imply endorsement.
23 resources
The free spreadsheet version of INCOSE's Systems Engineering Competency Framework (2nd Edition), which sets out 37 competencies for systems engineering within a tailorable framework. It is downloaded from INCOSE's framework page; the PDF edition sold in the INCOSE store is not the resource listed here.
INCOSE's vision intended to inspire and guide the strategic direction of systems engineering for the global systems community. It addresses the global context, current state and future state of systems engineering, and realising the vision.
A series of concise tri-fold guides from IfSE explaining key aspects of systems engineering, including systems thinking, system architecture and model-based systems engineering, for people who may not work in systems engineering day to day.
Graduate course materials introducing systems engineering using the classical V-model and the Meta approach, covering stakeholder analysis, requirements definition, system architecture and concept generation, trade-space exploration, integration, verification and validation.
Graduate course materials from MIT's Engineering Systems Division presenting systems engineering as an interdisciplinary approach, from defining customer needs and documenting requirements through design synthesis and system validation.
MITRE's Systems Engineering Guide, developed by MITRE systems engineers for technical staff working on federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) systems engineering activities. MITRE notes that processes and technology have changed since the guide was first published in 2013.
A two-volume supplement providing general guidance and information on systems engineering for the NASA community, intended as a companion to NPR 7123.1 and the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook (Rev 2). Volume 1 covers systems engineering practices; Volume 2 covers crosscutting topics, special topics and appendices.
NASA's handbook setting out a top-level implementation approach to the practice of systems engineering at NASA, drawn from Agency policy, NASA practitioners and external sources. Available as a web edition and as a PDF.
U.S. Department of Defense guidebook on systems engineering, published by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and listed among its systems engineering policy and guidance.
A guide to the knowledge sources and references of systems engineering, organised and explained for a wide range of users. A living wiki that references existing literature rather than acting as a compendium.
An online tool that curates systems engineering-related WarU training, Defense Acquisition Guidebook sections, tools and other resources, organised by the eight technical and eight technical management processes. It also covers 24 design considerations and technical reviews and audits.
IREB's syllabus for the Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE) Foundation Level, specifying the content of each training section, key words, learning targets and recommended lesson durations. IREB states it serves as a basis for training providers' course material and for candidates preparing for the exam individually.
A requirements engineering poster published by IREB in its CPRE Download Center, available in English, German, Polish and Portuguese.
An introduction to the nine fundamental principles of Requirements Engineering, published by IREB.
An appendix of the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook (NASA/SP-2016-6105 Rev 2) with checklists for writing requirements: use of correct terms, an editorial checklist, a general goodness checklist and a requirements validation checklist.
An appendix of the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook (NASA/SP-2016-6105 Rev 2) providing an example matrix that defines how each “shall” requirement is verified, identifying each requirement and its source document.
An OMG standard that assists in developing architectural descriptions for commercial industry, federal government and defence organisations, with use cases from enterprise and mission architecting to systems of systems. Part 1 defines a domain metamodel (UAF DMM); Part 2 (UAFML) implements it in UML and SysML.
The Department of Defense Architecture Framework, version 2.02, the approved release as of August 2010. The site covers background, architectural development, the DoDAF Meta Model (DM2) and the DoDAF viewpoints and models.
OMG's formal specification of version 2.0 of the System Modeling Language (SysML). The specification page provides the language specification and related documents for download.
OMG's specification of the Systems Modeling Language (SysML), a general-purpose modeling language for systems engineering. Version 1.7 adds a revised sample example and an informative annex on the semantics of a subset of SysML stereotypes.
Outlines the Department of Defense's five strategic goals for its digital engineering initiative, promoting digital representations of systems and components and the use of digital artifacts as a technical means of communication across stakeholders.
A NIST framework intended for voluntary use to better manage risks to individuals, organizations and society associated with artificial intelligence, and to incorporate trustworthiness considerations into AI products, services and systems.
U.S. Department of Defense guidance on the outline of the Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Cost (RAM-C) Rationale Report, which programs prepare in support of acquisition milestones.