Don Gelosh

Work in process: A Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE™)

This paper reviews the progress and content of the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) and the Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE™) products being developed as part of the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE™) project initiated in September 2009. The version 0.25 of each product was released for limited review in fall 2010; version 0.5 of each product will be released for public review in fall 2011; and final version 1.0 of each product are due out in fall 2012. This paper reviews how these products differ from and build upon existing products, and recounts lessons learned after the first 15 months on the project.

Panel on the role of graduate software and systems engineering bodies of knowledge in formulating graduate software engineering curricula

The Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK), published in 2004, and now under revision, has influenced many software engineering graduate programs worldwide. In 2009, guidelines were published for graduate programs in software engineering (GSWE2009). GSWE2009, now sponsored by both the IEEE Computer Society and the Association for Computing Machinery, strongly rely on the SWEBOK but also recommends specific systems engineering knowledge for students to master. Today, an international team is creating a rigorous Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK) with the help of the IEEE Computer Society and the International Council on Systems Engineering and other professional societies. As it matures, the SEBoK should influence future versions of GSWE2009 and graduate program curricula worldwide. This panel will examine the influence of bodies of knowledge on both the creation of new graduate software engineering programs and the evolution of existing ones.