At this time, systems engineering has no recognized body of knowledge. Without such a body of knowledge, systems engineers have difficulty agreeing on exactly what systems engineering should be and academia has difficulty in teaching it. This paper first summarizes a number of models of systems engineering and proposes a framework for a systems engineering body of knowledge (SEBOK) based on a combination of two of the models. The paper then proposes a road map for the development of the SEBOK, a way to offer a world class postgraduate degree and closes with some perspectives on systems engineering that become visible when system engineering is viewed within the framework.
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