THE NCOSE/CAWG INTERIM MODEL (VERSION 1.40) FOR THE CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

摘要

This paper provides a description of the most recent issue of the NCOSE/CAWG Interim Model for the Capability Assessment of Systems Engineering (Version 1.40) and its supporting documents. The NCOSE/CAWG Interim Model has been under development for the past year and a half, with its initial release in April 1994. The NCOSE/CAWG Interim Model is a preliminary attempt to assess systems engineering capability with respect to a subset of the requirements defined by the CAWG for this purpose. The NCOSE/CAWG Interim Model can be viewed as filling a void, since the CAWG believes that a complete Capability Assessment Model for Systems Engineering that satisfies all requirements defined by the CAWG for such a model currently does not exist. The paper also presents a synopsis of the background leading up to the development of the NCOSE/CAWG Interim Model and a description of the planned activities focused on both improving and offering a degree of validation to the NCOSE/CAWG Interim Model and its supporting documents. A key feature of the improvement/validation activity is a series of CAWG facilitated Systems Engineering Process Assessments (SEPAs) at selected companies.