Systems Engineering is the quarterly archival journal of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). It is a fully refereed journal and a primary source of multidisciplinary information for the system engineering and management of products and services, and processes of all types. System engineering activities involve the technologies and system management approaches needed for: definition of systems, including identification of user requirements and technological specifications; development of systems, including conceptual architectures, tradeoff of design concepts, configuration management during system development, integration of new systems with legacy systems, and integrated product and process development; and deployment of systems, including operational test and evaluation, maintenance over an extended lifecycle, and reengineering. Modern systems, including both products and services, are often very knowledge-intensive, and are found in both the public and private sectors. The journal emphasizes strategic and program management of these, and the information and knowledge base for knowledge principles, knowledge practices, and knowledge perspectives for the engineering of sustainable systems. Definitive case studies involving systems engineering practice are especially welcome.
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a rapidly growing nonprofit professional organization, initially founded in 1990, and strongly dedicated to improvements in the definition, understanding and practice of systems engineering in industry, government, and academia. The objectives of INCOSE are: