The MITRE Systems Engineering Guide

Welcome to the MITRE Systems Engineering Guide (SEG). The primary purpose of the SEG is to convey The MITRE Corporation’s accumulated wisdom on a wide range of systems engi- neering subjects—sufficient for understanding the essentials of the discipline and for translat- ing this wisdom into practice in your own work environment.
The MITRE Systems Engineering Guide (SEG) has more than 600 pages of content and covers more than 100 subjects. It has been developed by MITRE systems engineers for MITRE systems engineers. Systems engineering is a team sport, so although the SEG is written “to” a MITRE systems engineer, most of the best practices and lessons learned are applicable to all members of a government acquisition program team, whatever their particular role or specialty.
This introduction provides guidance on how to navigate the pages of the SEG and ben- efit from doing so. It covers the practical matters—the organization, use, and roots of the SEG, what you should (and should not) expect from its articles, and how you can access and respond to the latest SEG information on MITRE’s website.