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Systems Engineering References

01. Introduction to Systems Engineering

• Author:	Andrew P. Sage and James E. Armstrong , Jr.
  Copyright:	2000
  Publisher:	Wiley
  ISBN:	0-471-02766-9
  Web:
  Comment:	This is a good introductory college level textbook. It has problem sets at the end of each section. There are also many bibliographic references for each section.

02. Systems Engineering

• Author:	Andrew P. Sage
  Copyright:	1992
  Publisher:	Wiley
  ISBN:	0-471-53639-3
  Web:
  Comment:	This is a good introductory college level textbook. It has problem sets at the end of each section. There are also many bibliographic references for each section.

03. The Engineering and Design of Systems: Models and Methods

• Author:	Dennis M. Buede
  Copyright:	2000
  Publisher:	Wiley
  ISBN:	0-471-28225-1
  Web:
  Comment:	This is a good advanced college level textbook. It has problem sets at the end of each section. There are also many bibliographic references for each section.

04. Handbook of Systems Engineering and Management

• Author:	Andrew P. Sage and William B. Rouse
  Copyright:	1999
  Publisher:	Wiley
  ISBN:	0-471-15405-9
  Web:
  Comment:	This is a compendium of works from 40 contributing authors. At the end of each chapter are lists of additional references and a bibliography supporting the work.

05. Systems Engineering Guidebook: A Process for Developing Systems and Products

• Author:	James N. Martin, A. Terry Bahill
  Copyright:	1999
  Publisher:	Wiley
  ISBN:	0849378370
  Web:
  Comment:	This is a compendium of works from many contributing authors.

06. Systems Engineering and Analysis

• Author:	Benjamin S. Blanchard and Wolter J. Fabrycky
  Copyright:	1998
  Publisher:	Prentice Hall
  ISBN:	0131350471
  Web:

07. Systems Engineering Management

• Author:	Benjamin S. Blanchard
  Copyright:	1997
  Publisher:	Wiley
  ISBN:	0471190861
  Web:

08. Systems Engineering: Coping with Complexity

• Author:	Jackson, Brook, Stevens, and Arnold
  Copyright:	1998
  Publisher:	Prentice Hall
  ISBN:	0130950858
  Web:
  Comment:	Excellent reference. Integration of Systems Engineering activities, e.g. CM, Requirement Engineering, Verification and Validation.

09. Visualizing Project Management

• Author:	Forsberg, Mooz, and Cotterman
  Copyright:	2000
  Publisher:	Wiley
  ISBN:	047135760
  Web:
  Comment:	Excellent reference on the Vee Development Model and the integration of Project Management and Systems Engineering. The CD that comes with it is very good.

10. CMMI Distilled: A practical Introduction to Integrated Process Improvement.

• Author:	Ahern, Clouse, and Turner
  Copyright:	2001
  Publisher:	Addison-Wesley
  ISBN:	0201735008
  Web:
  Comment:	The CMMI is the replacement for SECAM and integrates Software Engineering, Systems Engineering and Integrated Product Team. Good introduction on CMMI Capabilities Maturity Model.

11. Systems Engineering Guidebook

• Author:	James N. Martin
  Copyright:	1997
  Publisher:	CRC Press
  ISBN:	0849378370
  Web:
  Comment:	Jim leads the standards activity for INCOSE. This book has good information that amplifies EIA 632.

12. Systems Thinking, Systems Practice

• Author:	Peter Checkland
  Copyright:	Reprinted November 2000
  Publisher:	Wiley
  ISBN:	0471986062
  Web:
  Comment:	Considered a classic work in Systems Engineering and Systems Thinking.

13. Systems Engineering Principles and Practice

• Author:	Alexander Kossiakoff and William N. Sweet
  Copyright:	2003
  Publisher:	Wiley
  ISBN:	0471234435
  Web:
  Comment:	Good general Systems Engineering overview.

14. Management of Systems Engineering

• Author:	Wilton P. Chase
  Copyright:	1984
  Publisher:	Krieger Publishing Co.
  ISBN:	0 89874-682-5
  Web:
  Comment:	Good general Systems Engineering overview.

Requirements Engineering References

01. Software Requirements Styles and Techniques

• Author:	Soren Lauesen
  Copyright:	2002
  Publisher:	Addison Wesley
  ISBN:	0 201 74570 4
  Web:
  Comment:	Good elicitation techniques

02. Requirements Engineering

• Author:	R.J. Wieringa
  Copyright:	1996
  Publisher:	Wiley
  ISBN:	0 471 95884 0
  Web:
  Comment:	Describes a number of requirements analysis techniques.

03. System Requirements Engineering

• Author:	Loucopoulos and Karakostas
  Copyright:	1995
  Publisher:	McGraw-Hill
  ISBN:	0 07 707843 8
  Web:
  Comment:	Discussion on Modeling Requirements.

04. Requirements Engineering: A Good Practice Guide

• Author:	Sommerville and Sawyer
  Copyright:	1997
  Publisher:	Wiley
  ISBN:	0 471 97444 7
  Web:
  Comment:	Good layout, easy to follow

05. Requirements Engineering Process and Techniques

• Author:	Kotonya and Sommerville
  Copyright:	1998
  Publisher:	Wiley
  ISBN:	0 471 97208 8
  Web:
  Comment:	Update of the Requirements Engineering, with Object Technology added

06. INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook Version 2a

• Author:	INCOSE
  Copyright:	2004
  Publisher:	INCOSE.
  Web:
  Comment:	Update of the Requirements Engineering, with Object Technology added

Reference Standards and Papers for Systems and Software Engineering

01. INCOSE Symposium papers

• Author:	Various
  Copyright:	Various
  Publisher:	INCOSE
  Web:	http://www.incose.org
  Comment:	10 years of papers – From the initial INCOSE conference, a wealth of SE information, available on CD.

02. CMMI Systems, Software and Integrated Product Team Capability Maturity Model.

• Author:	Software Engineering Institute at Carnage Mellon University
  Publisher:	SEI
  Web:	http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi
  Comment:	Capabilities Maturity Model Integrated – Free download

03. Software Acquisition CMM

• Publisher:	SEI
  Web:	http://www.sei.cmu.edu/programs/acquisition-support

04. Chaos report – The Standish report

• Author:	The Standish Research Group
  Publisher:	Standish Research Group
  Web:	http://www.standishgroup.com/sample_research/chaos_1994_1.php

05. Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] Capabilities Maturity Model

• Author:	FAA
  Publisher:	FAA
  Web:	http://www.faa.gov/aio/common/documents/iCMM/ref/usingiCMM.htm

06. Integrated Method for Information Modeling [IDEF]

• Author:	National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST]
  Publisher:	NIST – Knowledge Based Systems [KBS]
  Web:	http://www.idef.com
  Comment:	Used for the Context diagrams for the process section global.ihs.com/ ]

07. ISO/IEC 15288 System Life cycle Processes

• Author:	International Organization for Standardization
  Copyright:	ISO
  Publisher:	ISO
  Web:	http://www.iso.org

08. ISO 10007 Quality Management – Guidelines for Configuration Management 1995

• Author:	International Organization for Standardization
  Copyright:	ISO
  Publisher:	ISO
  Web:	http://www.iso.org

09. EIA/IS 632, Draft Standard: Processes for Engineering a System

• Author:	Electronics Industry Alliance
  Copyright:	Electronics Industry Alliance
  Publisher:	GEIA
  Web:	http://www.geia.org

10. EIA/IS 731 [SE-CMM]: Systems Engineering Capability Maturity Model

• Author:	Electronics Industry Alliance
  Copyright:	Electronics Industry Alliance
  Publisher:	GEIA
  Web:	http://www.geia.org

11. EIA/IS 632, Draft Standard: Processes for Engineering a System

• Author:	Electronics Industry Alliance
  Copyright:	Electronics Industry Alliance
  Publisher:	GEIA
  Web:	http://www.geia.org

12. EIA 649 National Consensus Standard for Configuration Management

• Author:	Electronics Industry Alliance
  Copyright:	Electronics Industry Alliance
  Publisher:	GEIA
  Web:	http://www.geia.org

13. IEEE 1220-1994, Standard for Application and Management of the Systems Engineering

• Author:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering [IEEE]
  Copyright:	IEEE
  Publisher:	IEEE
  Web:	http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/olis/index.html

14. IEEE 1362-1998, Guide for Information – System Definition – Concept of Operations Document.

• Author:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering [IEEE]
  Copyright:	IEEE
  Publisher:	IEEE
  Web:	http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/olis/index.html

15. IEEE 830-1993, Recommended Practice for Software Requirements Specifications

• Author:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering [IEEE]
  Copyright:	IEEE
  Publisher:	IEEE
  Web:	http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/olis/index.html

16. IEEE 1012-1986, IEEE Standard for Software Verification and Validation Plans

• Author:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering [IEEE]
  Copyright:	IEEE
  Publisher:	IEEE
  Web:	http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/olis/index.html

17. IEEE 1233 - IEEE Guide for Developing System Requirements Specifications

• Author:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering [IEEE]
  Copyright:	IEEE
  Publisher:	IEEE
  Web:	http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/olis/index.html

18. IEEE 1028-1988 Standards for Review and Audit

• Author:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering [IEEE]
  Copyright:	IEEE
  Publisher:	IEEE
  Web:	http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/olis/index.html

19. IEEE 1471-2000 Recommended Practice for Architectural Descriptions of Software-Intensive Systems

• Author:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering [IEEE]
  Copyright:	IEEE
  Publisher:	IEEE
  Web:	http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/olis/index.html

20. IEEE 1012-1998 Software Independent Verification and Validation

• Author:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering [IEEE]
  Copyright:	IEEE
  Publisher:	IEEE
  Web:	http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/olis/index.html

21. IEEE 12207 Software Life cycle Process

• Author:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering [IEEE]
  Copyright:	IEEE
  Publisher:	IEEE
  Web:	http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/olis/index.html

22. Unified Modeling Language UML

• Author:	Object Management Group [OMG]
  Publisher:	OMG
  Web:	http://www.omg.org

23. AIAA G-043-1992 Guide for the Preparation of Operational Concepts Document

• Author:	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics [AIAA]
  Publisher:	AIAA
  ISBN:	http://www.aiaa.org
  Web:	http://www.omg.org
  Comment:	Military Standards and Handbooks

24. Mil-Std-498 Software Documentation

• Author:	Department of Defense
  Publisher:	DoD is not publishing this standard – search on the internet can download free
  Web:	http://www.omg.org
  Comment:	a number of useful Data Item Description document that provides outlines for various systems engineering documents

25. Mil-Hdbk-61 – Configuration Management Guidance

• Author:	Department of Defense
  Publisher:	Search on the internet can download free
  Web:	http://www.omg.org
  Comment:	Excellent handbook on Configuration Management all phases

26. Mil Std-499C – System Engineering [Draft]

• Author:	Department of Defense
  Web:	http://www.incose.org/newsevents/news/docs/499Cdraft_20050324.doc
  Comment:	New effort on this standard.

References for Intelligent Transportation Systems and Transportation policies

01. Federal Final Rule [23 CFR 940 part 11]

• Author:	FHWA
  Web:	http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/23cfr940_03.html

02. National ITS Architecture

• Author:	FHWA
  Publisher:	DOT
  Web:	http://www.its.dot.gov/arch/index.htm

03. State of California's Statewide Information Management Manual [SIMM]

• Author:	State of California
  Web:	http://sam.dgs.ca.gov/default.htm

04. California State Administrative Manual [SAM]

• Publisher:	Department of General Services of the State of California
  Web:	http://sam.dgs.ca.gov
  Comment:	California’s SAM 4819.35 [dated 6/03] relating to IT projects

05. SEMP guidelines prepared by the Caltrans Office of Local Assistance

• Author:	California Department of Transportation
  Publisher:	Local Assistance
  Web:	http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LocalPrograms/lam/prog_g/g12othr.pdf

06. National Transportation Communications and Information Protocol [NTCIP] Family of Standards

• Author:	AASHTO, ITE, NEMA
  Publisher:	AASHTO, ITE, NEMA
  Web:	http://www.ntcip.org

07. Regional ITS Guidance Document

• Author:	Federal Highway Administration
  Publisher:	FHWA
  Web:	http://www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov/JPODOCS/REPTS_TE/13598.pdf

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