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Capability Maturity Models (CMMs)
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  - Review of Systems Engineering Capability Models
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- Critical Process Assessment Tool
- Electronic Industries Alliance: EIA/IS-731 Systems Engineering
- Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office (FEAMO) IT Performance Reference Model (PRM) v1.0
  - The Performance Reference Model v1.0
- Software Acquisition CMM
  - Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model (SA-CMM) v1.01
  - Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model v0.03
- Software Capability Maturity Model (SWCMM)
  - CMM Practices
- Systems Engineering Capability Maturity Model (SE-CMM)
- Systems Security Engineering Capability Maturity Model (SSE CMM) v1.1
Acquisition
- Evolutionary Acquisition 'Tiger' Team Study
- A Systems Approach to Acquisition Decision Making
- Acquisition Logistics Guide
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- Naval Aviation Systems Acquisition Guide
- Simulation Based Acquisition: A New Approach
- Systems Acquisition Manager's Guide For the Use of Models and Simulations
- The Defense Acquisition Challenge: A strategy for Improving Weapon System Affordability
- Introduction to Defense Acquisition Management
- A Model for Leading Change : Making Acquisition Reform Work
- Acquisition-DOD(Aust)CSLCM2002
  - Capability Life Cycle Management Guide 2002 [as ZIP archive]
- Acquisition-USDOD Framework
- Acquisition-VV&A Guide (USDOD)
- Department of Defense Acquisition Management Metrics
- DOD Acquisition Systems Comparisons
  - A Comparison of the Defense Acquisition Systems of Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and the United States
  - A Comparison of the Defense Acquisition Systems of France, Great Britain, Germany and the United States
- Evolutionary Acquisition Strategy
- Evolutionary Acquisition Strategy Guidelines
Guides, Handbooks, Reports & Papers
- Capability Definition Documents Guide
- SE General
  - Air-Force Systems Engineering Policy
  - DAO Systems Engineering Study Final Report
  - DERA Systems Engineering Practices
  - DERA Systems Engineering Practices: reference model
  - DoE vs. DoD System Engineering Application
  - Interim Guidance on the Application of Systems Engineering Standards to Major Projects Undertaken by the DAO
  - Introduction to Systems Engineering
  - NASA Systems Engineering Handbook
  - System Life Cycle and Methodologies: Chapter 3
  - Systems Engineering Fundamentals
  - Systems Engineering Guide - Version 1.1
  - Systems Engineering INCOSE Guide (1997)
  - Systems Engineering Introduction (RAAF)
  - Systems Engineering Management Procedures
  - Systems Engineering Principles - Essence and Implementation
  - Systems Engineering Process Improvement
  - The Application of Systems Engineering to the RAAF
  - Twelve Systems Engineering Roles
- DoD: New 5000 Documents
- Formal Inspection Process version 2.0
- Handbook for Decision Analysis
- Interactive Electronic Training Manual (IETM) Guide
- One Over One Approval
- A Survey of Simulation Tools for Requirements Engineering
- Capability Systems Life Cycle Management Manual 2002, DoD (Australia) [as ZIP archive]
- DAO Manual-Spec Writing (Draft) [as ZIP archive]
- DoD 4245.7-M - Transition From Development to Production
- DSMC Systems Engineering Management Guide
- Federal Aviation Administration Standard Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Guidelines for Successful Acquisition and Management of Software-Intensive Systems [as ZIP archive]
- Hardware/Software Partitioning of Real-Time Systems
- Inspection Method
  - Candidate: Specification Quality Control Inspection: Team Leader Course
  - Optimizing Software Inspections
  - Specification Quality Control (SQC): A Practical Inspection Workshop on Requirements Specification
- Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) handbooks
  - DoD Integrated Product and Process Development Handbook
  - DoD Integrated Product and Process Development Handbook [as PDF scan]
  - DoD Integrated Product and Process Development Handbook: as DOC
  - DoD Integrated Product and Process Development Handbook: Chapter 1: Introduction only
  - Rules of the road: a guide for leading successful Integrated Product Teams: Nov 95
  - Rules of the road: a guide for leading successful Integrated Product Teams: Oct 99
- Intellectual Property
  - Getting Smarter About Knowledge Rights
  - Intellectual Property Principles
- Knowledge Management Engineering
  - A Systems Approach to Engineering and Managing a Knowledge Management System
  - Knowledge engineering for systems engineers
  - The Evolution of KM at Buckman Laboratories
- Navy Specification Study Report, Requirements and Specifications
- PRINCE2
  - A Comparison of PRINCE2 against PMBOK
  - A Summary of PRINCE2
  - An Introduction To PRINCE
  - Comparison of PRINCE2 and BS EN ISO 9000:2000
  - Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2
  - Methodology: PRINCE2®
  - Official PRINCE2® Website
  - Relationship between the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and the PRINCE2 Project Management Methodology.
- Product Engineering
  - Performance Based Product Definition Guide
- Quality of Test Methods
  - Analyzing Quality of Test Methods
  - The Alternatives and Supplements to Conventional Testing
- RADC Reliability Engineer's Toolkit
- Requirements Engineering - Viewpoints
  - Viewpoints for requirements elicitation: a practical approach
  - Viewpoints: principles, problems and a practical approach to requirements engineering
- Requirenautics Quarterly
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 01 (October 1994)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 02 (January 1995)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 09 (January 1997)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 10 (April 1997)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 11 (July 1997)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 12 (October 1997)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 13 (January 1998)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 14 (April 1998)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 15 (October 1998)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 19 (December 1999)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 20 (March 2000)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 21 (July 2000)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 22 (October 2000)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 23 (March 2001)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 24 (July 2001)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 25 (January 2002)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 26 (May 2002)
  - Requirenautics Quarterly: Issue 27 (November 2002)
- Reto Schmid
- SCENT: A Method Employing Scenarios to Systematically Derive Test Cases for System Test
- Soft Systems Methodology
- Software Independent Verification and Validation
- SW Acquisition Manual
- Test and Evaluation Management Guide
- Unifying Software Engineering and Systems Engineering
- Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VV&A) Recommended Practices Guide, US DoD [as ZIP archive]
- Virtual Prototyping : Concept to Production
- Work Breakdown Structure: The Enabler of Project Success
- Requirements Analysis
  - Human Factors in Requirements Engineering
  - Improving the Quality of Requirements with Scenarios
  - Intro to Principals of Project Management - Requirements-Driven Management
  - PERE: Evaluation and Improvement of Dependable Processes
  - Requirements Analysis - Typical Process Description
  - Requirements Analysis/Management
  - Requirements Generation System
  - Requirements Management Function - SOW Development
  - Requirements Management Starter Kit
  - Requirements Metrics: The Basis of Informed Requirements Engineering Management
  - Requirements Process Improvement Through the Phased Introduction of Good Practice
  - Requirements Tools Evaluation User Needs
- Specification Writing
  - Australian Army Specification Manual - Specification Writing Guide (1996 Draft)
  - Australian Army Specification Manual - Specification Writing Guide (1998)
  - DAO Manual-Spec Writing (Draft)
  - Guide to Specification Writing
  - Navy Specification Study - Report 1 - Industry Survey
  - Specification Handbook
- Physical and Logical Design
  - Foundational Concepts for Model Driven System Design
- Effectiveness Evaluation and Decision
  - Logical Decisions Introductory Tutorial
  - Logical Decisions Introductory Tutorial (text extract)
  - Twelve Tough Questions
- Systems Integration
  - Concurrent Engineering/Integrated Product Development Handbook to Understanding and Implementation
  - DoD Guide to Integrated Product and Process Development
- Verification & Validation
  - Independent verificattion and validation (IV&V)
  - Management Guide for Independent Verification & Validation (IVV)
- Engineering Management
  - Managing Risk in Procurement Handbook
  - Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC): risk management pamphlet
  - Best Practices - How to Avoid Surprises In The Worlds Most Complicated Technical Process
  - Program Management Risk Reduction Roadmaps
  - Top Eleven Ways to Manage Technical Risk
  - DSMC Program Managers Tool Kit
  - Evolutionary Delivery Project Management
  - FM 770-78
  - Guidelines for the Investment Analysis Team's Alternatives Risk Assessment
  - Integrated Product Development Implementation Guide
  - Integrated Product Teams to Target Key Engine Programs
  - Navigating the Digital Environment: A Program Manager's Perspective
  - One Hundred Rules for NASA Project Managers
  - Program Management 2000: Know the Way (How Knowledge Management Can Improve DOD Acquisition)
  - Risk Assessment Methodology for Technology and Producibility
  - Risk Assessment Methodology for Technology and Producibility
  - Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisition
  - Scheduling Guide for Program Managers
  - Using Prince2 in System Engineering Projects
  - Utilize Integrated Product Teams (IPT)
- Functional Analysis and Behaviour
  - Support for Representation of Functional Behavior Specifications in AP-233
- Cost & Scheduling
  - NASA Cost/Schedule Assessment Guide (Gruhl)
  - NASA Cost/Schedule Assessment Guide
- Human and Social Engineering
  - Human factors and engineering methodologies: complementary or insurmountable?
  - Towards an Improved Understanding of Humans as the Components that Implement Systems Engineering
- Business Engineering
  - Delivering Results : Evolving BPR From Art to Engineering
  - Performance Based Business Environment - Integrated PBBE Guide
- Novel, curious, and humorous engineering topics
  - An Introduction to the Game of Cricket
  - Theory of Inventive Problem Solving
- Space Engineering
  - Space Engineering
  - The System Engineering Process Definition as Part of the European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS)
Forms
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Example SE Documents
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Emailing Lists
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Project Outcomes Data
- Quality Assurance and the Sinking of The Largest Offshore Oil Platform
- What Went Wrong? Unsuccessful Information Technology Projects
Checklists
Cartoons
- Computer Aided Logistics Support Cartoon
- Standard Generalizes Mark Up Language
SE Definitions documents
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- Definitions of "Verification"
- Glossary of Modeling and Simulation Terminology
SWE Guides, Handbooks, Reports & Papers
- Estimation, Target Setting, and Control
- Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
- IDEAL: A User’s Guide for Software Process Improvement
- Principles For Software Quality
- Software Engineering Management (Gilb)
- Software Requirements Elicitation Checklist
- The 10 Management Actions for Software Control: The Value-Focused Approach to Management
- Version Models for Software Configuration Management
Specialty Engineering
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- Safety Engineering
  - Annex 1: Software Engineering Tasks - Case Tools
  - DOE Risk Management Guide
- Security Engineering
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Links (related)
- List of Potentially Useful PRINCE2 Websites
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