AEROSPACE REPORT NUMBER: TOR-2005(8583)-3 (REV. A), SYSTEMS ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS AND PRODUCTS (29 SEP 2005)

AEROSPACE REPORT NUMBER: TOR-2005(8583)-3 (REV. A), SYSTEMS ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS AND PRODUCTS (29 SEP 2005)., This Technical Operating Report (TOR) specifies requirements for the conduct of a complete, integrated systems engineering effort, not a specific systems engineering model or method of implementation. Integration of a comprehensive technical effort will also include requirements from other technical documents selected for contractual implementation to satisfy program requirements and to comply with DOD policy. These requirements provide a robust systems engineering approach that balances total system performance and total ownership costs within the family-of-systems and systems-of-systems context. This document is intended to govern the execution of systems engineering when levied on contractors as a compliance document. These requirements constitute the government’s requirements for an executable contractor systems engineering efforts to assist in defining, performing, managing, and evaluating systems engineering efforts in defense system acquisitions and technology developments. Systems engineering is described in terms of what must be done, not how to do it. The requirements in this document, including those for systems engineering management, are delineated in terms of the required systems engineering tasks, products and the required attributes of those products. This document may need to be tailored to ensure that only necessary and appropriate requirements are cited in specific solicitations and contracts. Tailoring guidance can be found in MIL-HDBK-248, Acquisition Streamlining, and in paragraph 6.3 of this document. This document also provides a reference to the government, or other customers, for analyzing competing contractor proposals and for evaluating the contractor’s systems engineering products once on contract. The customer will perform initial tailoring of this document to address appropriate program scope, appropriate program size, and progress within the acquisition life cycle. This TOR and tailoring, if any, will be part of the draft and final Requests for Proposal (RFP) along with instructions for contractors to perform further tailoring as part of their proposal submittals.