Dec 5, 2012

Comparing the BABOK and the SEBOK, Part 5

I want to take a second look at the Knowledge Areas identified by the BABOK and those by the SEBOK, specifically where there is an overlap between the two sets. 

I want to do this in preparation for a deeper comparison of their treatments of their Knowledge Areas and Tasks and Activities.

The table below lists the Knowledge Areas for the BABOK, and what to me might be the corresponding Knowledge Area addressed in the SEBOK.  As can be immediately seen, the SEBOK Knowledge Areas cover a lot more topics.

BABOK Knowledge Area SEBOK Knowledge Area Remarks
  Systems Fundamentals  
  Systems Science  
  Representing Systems with Models  
  Systems Approach Applied to Engineered Systems  
 

Life Cycle Models

 
 

System Deployment and Use

 
 

Product and Service Life Management

 
 

Systems Engineering Standard

 

Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

 

 

Elicitation

Concept Definition

This SEBOK KA contains the following Activities:
  • Mission Analysis
  • Stakeholder Needs and Requirements

Requirements Management and Communication

System Definition

Systems Engineering Management

“Requirements Management” is very briefly treated in the SEBOK under the “System Requirements” topic, which is under the System Definition KA.

Configuration Management is considered part of the BABOK KA “Requirements Management and Communication”. In the SEBOK, Configuration Management is discussed under the Systems Engineering Management KA

Enterprise Analysis

Concept Definition

This SEBOK KA contains the following Activities:
  • Mission Analysis
  • Stakeholder Needs and Requirements

Requirements Analysis

System Definition

The topic of "System Requirements” addresses assessing the quality of the requirements and their prioritisation. System Requirements is a topic under the KA System System Definition

Solution Assessment and Validation

System Realization

This SEBOK KA contains the following Activities:
  • System Implementation
  • System Integration
  • System Verification
  • System Validation
 

Product Systems Engineering

 
 

Service Systems Engineering

 
 

Enterprise Systems Engineering

 
 

System of Systems

 
 

Enabling Businesses and Enterprises

 
 

Enabling Teams

 

Underlying Competencies

Systems Thinking

Enabling Individuals

 
 

Systems Engineering and Software Engineering

 
 

Systems Engineering and Project Management

 
 

Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering

 
 

Systems Engineering and Procurement / Acquisition

 
 

Systems Engineering and Specialty Engineering

 

In the next post on this topic, I will start comparing the contents of the matching Knowledge Areas.

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