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Example Curriculum
- 1.1 What is Systems Engineering?
- 1.2 Why is Systems Engineering Important?
- 1.3 System Concepts
- 1.3.1 System Boundary and the System of Interest (SoI)
- 1.3.2 Emergence
- 1.3.3 Interfacing Systems, Interoperating Systems, and Enabling Systems
- 1.3.4 System Innovation Ecosystem
- 1.3.5 The Hierarchy within a System
- 1.3.6 Systems States and Modes
- 1.3.7 Complexity
- 1.4.1 Uncertainty
- 1.4.2 Cognitive Bias
- 1.4.3 Systems Engineering Principles
- 1.4.4 Systems Engineering Heuristics
- 1.5 System Science and Systems Thinking
- 2.1 Lifecycle Terms and Concepts
- 2.1.1 Life Cycle Characteristics
- 2.1.2 Typical Life Cycle Stages
- 2.1.3 Decision Gates
- 2.1.4 Technical Reviews and Audits
- 2.2 Life Cycle Model Approaches
- 2.2.1 Sequential Methods
- 2.2.2 Incremental Methods
- 2.2.3 Evolutionary Methods
- 2.3.1 Introduction to the System Life Cycle Processes
- 2.3.1.1 Format and Conventions
- 2.3.1.2 Concurrency, Iteration, and Recursion
- 2.3.2 Agreement Processes
- 2.3.2.1 Acquisition Process
- 2.3.2.2 Supply Process
- 2.3.3 Organizational Project-Enabling Processes
- 2.3.3.1 Life Cycle Model Management Process
- 2.3.3.2 Infrastructure Management Process
- 2.3.3.3 Portfolio Management Process
- 2.3.3.4 Human Resource Management Process
- 2.3.3.5 Quality Management Process
- 2.3.3.6 Knowledge Management
- 2.3.4 Technical Management Processes
- 2.3.4.1 Project Planning Process
- 2.3.4.2 Project Assessment and Control Process
- 2.3.4.3 Decision Management Process
- 2.3.4.4 Risk Management Process
- 2.3.4.5 Configuration Management Process
- 2.3.4.6 Information Management Process
- 2.3.4.7 Measurement Process
- 2.3.4.8 Quality Assurance Process
- 2.3.5 Technical Processes
- 2.3.5.1 Business or Mission Analysis Process
- 2.3.5.2 Stakeholder Needs and Requirements Definition Process
- 2.3.5.3 System Requirements Definition Process
- 2.3.5.4 System Architecture Definition Process
- 2.3.5.5 Design Definition Process
- 2.3.5.6 System Analysis Process
- 2.3.5.7 Implementation Process
- 2.3.5.8 Integration Process
- 2.3.5.9 Verification Process
- 2.3.5.10 Transition Process
- 2.3.5.11 Validation Process
- 2.3.5.12 Operation Process
- 2.3.5.13 Maintenance Process
- 2.3.5.14 Disposal Process
- 3.1.2 Affordability Analysis
- 3.1.3 Agility Engineering
- 3.1.4 Human Systems Integration
- 3.1.5 Interoperability Analysis
- 3.1.6 Logistics Engineering
- 3.1.7 Manufacturability/Producibility Analysis
- 3.1.8 Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Engineering
- 3.1.9 Resilience Engineering
- 3.1.10 Sustainability Engineering
- 3.1.11 System Safety Engineering
- 3.1.12 System Security Engineering
- 3.1.13 Loss-Driven Systems Engineering
- 3.2.1 Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation
- 3.2.2 Prototyping
- 3.2.3 Traceability
- 3.2.4 Interface Management
- 3.2.5 Architecture Frameworks
- 3.2.6 Patterns
- 3.2.7 Design Thinking
- 3.2.8 Biomimicry
- 4.1 Tailoring Considerations
- 4.2 SE Methodology / Approach Considerations
- 4.2.1 Model-Based SE
- 4.2.2 Agile Systems Engineering
- 4.2.3 Lean Systems Engineering
- 4.2.4 Product Line Engineering (PLE)
- 4.3.1 Greenfield/Clean Sheet Systems
- 4.3.2 Brownfield/Legacy Systems
- 4.3.3 Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS)-Based Systems
- 4.3.4 Software-Intensive Systems
- 4.3.5 Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
- 4.3.6 Systems of Systems (SoS)
- 4.3.7 Internet of Things (IoT)/Big Data-Driven Systems
- 4.3.8 Service Systems
- 4.3.9 Enterprise Systems
- 4.4 Application of Systems Engineering for Specific Product Sector or Domain Application
- 5.1 Systems Engineering Competencies
- 5.1.1 Difference between Hard and Soft Skills
- 5.1.2 System Engineering Professional Competencies
- 5.1.3 Technical Leadership
- 5.1.4 Ethics
- 5.2 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- 5.3.1 SE and Software Engineering (SWE)
- 5.3.2 SE and Hardware Engineering (HWE)
- 5.3.3 SE and Project Management (PM)
- 5.3.4 SE and Industrial Engineering (IE)
- 5.3.5 SE and Operations Research (OR)
- 5.4 Digital Engineering
- 5.5 Systems Engineering Transformation
- 5.6 The Future of Systems Engineering
