IDA DOCUMENT D-2919, ACTIVITIES RELATED TO SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (DEC-2004)

IDA DOCUMENT D-2919, ACTIVITIES RELATED TO SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (DEC-2004)., This document supports work performed by the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) in partial fulfillment of the task titled “Systems Engineering in the Acquisition Process.” The work was sponsored by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), Office of Defense Systems, Office of Systems Engineering. This document explores the different ongoing activities within the government, academia, and industry to promote the discipline of and the implementation of systems engineering. The focus is systems engineering within the defense community, although attention is given to non-defense endeavors both within the United States and internationally. The research performed for this document took place from roughly spring 2003–fall 2004, and therefore, the activities presented in this document represent merely a snapshot in time. For this reason, readers are encouraged to seek the most up-to-date information on an activity via the various links provided.