Systems Engineering Competency Assessment Guide

SECF ANNEX B:ALIGNMENT WITH INCOSE AND OTHER INITIATIVES

INCOSE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING HANDBOOK FOURTH EDITION

The INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition (INCOSE 2015) describes the discipline, the practice, and the processes that need to be carried out when doing Systems Engineering. Competencies are the specific abilities needed by individuals to perform the processes and conduct “good” Systems Engineering. Competency is the specific ability needed by an individual to support/contribute to the execution of Systems Engineering processes.

Competency provides a different perspective to Systems Engineering to the process view. Combining process and competency gives a more complete view of what is needed by both organizations and individuals to achieve the benefits of Systems Engineering.

There are many Systems Engineering processes, and they are performed by teams of individuals. Understanding the relationships among the processes and competencies helps to assign process activities and the aligned supporting competencies to the individuals in those teams.

The general relationships between competencies defined in this framework and processes defined in the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition (2015) are shown in SECF Figure 3. This figure is primarily intended for those seeking guidance in this area as the mappings are somewhat subjective: many of the relationships are not one‐to‐one; competencies may underpin more than one process and their linkage is ...