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7.2.2 An Introduction to Applying Systems Engineering to In‐Service Systems
Author(s) -
Ven Marcel Van De,
Talik Joe,
Hulse Jon
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2012.tb01377.x
Subject(s) - underpinning , service (business) , set (abstract data type) , action (physics) , engineering ethics , best practice , work (physics) , advice (programming) , engineering management , computer science , engineering , management science , risk analysis (engineering) , process management , systems engineering , political science , business , mechanical engineering , civil engineering , physics , marketing , quantum mechanics , law , programming language
There is emerging consensus within the Systems Engineering (SE) community that, while the principles underpinning SE remain the same across the lifecycle: Some of the issues concerned with sustaining existing systems are more problematic than when realizing new systems; and The existing SE Body of Knowledge and the competences of SE practitioners tend to focus on the issues that are more important when realizing new systems than on the issues that are more important when changing existing systems. A UK working group on Applying SE to In‐Service Systems looked into difficulties in this area and produced a report containing draft guidance and recommendations for further action. These recommendations were recognized by INCOSE and consequently the International In‐Service Systems Working Group (“the ISSWG”) was set up in 2009 with the following objectives: To consider the work of the UK Working Group and extend and adjust it as necessary in order to provide improved advice on the difficulties encountered in practice in applying authoritative guidance on SE, including the INCOSE SE Handbook, to systems which are in service and best current practice in adapting SE guidance to overcome these difficulties; and To consider the current channels by which INCOSE promulgates advice on good SE practice, including the SE Handbook and the SE Book of Knowledge and make recommendations on how additional guidance on performing SE on in‐service systems should be integrated into these channels.