INCOSE SE handbook v3.2 and v4.0 analysis of context diagrams set

摘要

Growing interest observed in the Associate Systems Engineering Professional (ASEP) certification among students and faculty in the Systems Engineering Programs has led the authors to analyze the SE Handbook. In this paper, an effort in the analysis of The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Systems Engineering (SE) Handbook versions 3.2 and 4.0 using network abstractions to understand and identify central concepts of SE processes is portrayed by examining only the Context Diagram figures, each of which depicts a set of Activities (a Process) that transforms inputs (Inputs, Controls, and Enablers) into outputs (Outputs). The network representation of the said helped in detecting key life cycle processes and information transferors of SE handbook versions 3.2 and 4.0, along with identifying central communities of SE Handbook.