Benchmarking the Naval Systems Engineering Guide Against the Industry Standards for Systems Engineering.

摘要

The 'Naval Systems Engineering Guide' (NSEG) was written in 2004 by representatives from NAVSEA, NAVFAC, NAVAIR, NAVSUP and MARCORSYSCOM. Since then, three other foundational systems engineering documents have been written or revised: the 'International Standards Organization (ISO) Standard 15288' in 2008, the 'International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Systems Engineering Handbook' in 2011, and the guide to the 'Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge' (SEBoK) in 2012. This thesis compares the treatment of one life cycle element, in-service engineering, across all four documents to offer a comparative analysis of the NSEG in light of key industry standards, and to make recommendations for the revision of the NSEG. The gap analysis performed in relation to crucial industry documents suggests that future revisions of the NSEG should include substantial discussions of Operations, Maintenance, Service Life Extension, and Disposal Processes, and should identify best practices for each process.