Project Lead: Michael Dee
Project Abstract: This project will attempt to leverage our knowledge of systems science to inform the practice of SE. It has the following work laid out to accomplish this goal:
Create a complete classification of systems, and of Systems Engineering, identifying its boundaries and its context (SE is itself a system).
Classify the various aspects of SE practice into logical categories to aid in human comprehension of, and capability to perform, SE.
Identify missing or erroneous components of the current INCOSE definition of the SE practice, and identify the gaps relating to system science.
Prepare to communicate all this with a formal ontology that serves the systems engineering community, based in systems science, and linking to other contributing disciplines in the context of SE.
Augment the SE handbook with companion works that will provide the theoretical underpinning to guide the education and practice of SE.
Planned Deliverables: TBD