Systems Engineering for Capabilities

Abstract

With the increased emphasis on capabilities and networking, the DoD is recognizing the criticality of effective end-to-end performance of systems of systems (SoS) to meet user needs. While acquisition continues to focus on systems, systems requirements are increasingly based on the assessment of gaps in user capabilities and in priority areas; there is an increasing focus on integration across systems to enable capabilities. Thus, the role of systems engineering (SE) is expanding to the engineering of SoS that provide user capabilities. This article discusses the shape of SoS in the DoD today. It outlines a recent initiative to provide guidance on the application of SE processes to the definition and evolution of SoS.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA489896

Entities

People

  • George Rebovich Jr.
  • Jo Ann Lane
  • Judith S. Dahmann

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • California
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Commerce
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Configuration Management
  • Corporations
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Information Operations
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Systems Analysis and Design