Preparing for the Future of Systems Engineering

Abstract

Every so often, people need to review past efforts, examine progress, and reassess future activities. After more than 40 years of practicing systems engineering within the Department of Defense, it is time we do just that. We must review past policy, guidance, case studies, and best practices; examine current work in engineering standards and processes; and reassess training and growth of the senior engineering workforce. This will require more than a coordinated update of the systems engineering chapter in the Defense Acquisition Guide. And we must ask how DoD can improve the current application of systems engineering by its organic and contracted workforce, and how can DoD collectively influence the application of systems engineering in the future?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2009
Accession Number
AD1015765

Entities

People

  • John M. Colombi
  • Karen Bausman

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Complex Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Military Acquisition
  • Professional Associations
  • Standards
  • Students
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Systems Analysis and Design