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An Interim Model for the Capability Assessment of Systems Engineering and Associated Supporting Documents
Author(s) -
Widmann E. R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.1994.tb01833.x
Subject(s) - interim , computer science , systems engineering , process (computing) , engineering management , software engineering , engineering , operations research , archaeology , history , operating system
The Capability Assessment Working Group (CAWG) is one of four working groups that comprise the Measurement Technical Committee of the Technical Board of the National Council On Systems Engineering (NCOSE). This paper is a forward or descriptive introduction to an Interim Model for Capability Assessment of Systems Engineering and its associated supporting documents, which were developed by the CAWG over the past year. The Interim Model is a preliminary or draft attempt to assess systems engineering capability with respect to a subset of the requirements defined by the CAWG for this purpose. The Interim Model can be viewed as filling a void, since the CAWG believes that a complete Capability Assessment Model for Systems Engineering that satisfies all requirements defined by the CAWG currently does not exist. The paper also presents a background leading up to the development of the Interim Model and a description of the planned activities focused on both improving and offering a degree of validation to the Interim Model and its supporting documents. A key feature of the improvement/validation activity is a series of CAWG facilitated Systems Engineering Process Assessments (SEPAs) at selected companies.