CS 672 Colorado Technical University Systems Engineering Management Plan Summary

Part 1: Project Proposal  

Throughout this course, you will be developing a systems engineering management plan (SEMP) for a project of your choice. This week, you will choose a project and develop a proposal. The project can be for a systems engineering problem of your choosing, or it can be for the standard class problem. If you choose a problem other than the standard problem, it must be approved by the instructor. The proposal should consist of the following:

• Working title: Systems Engineering Management Plan
• Project summary (1/2–1 page): This will provide the context for all decisions made in the SEMP.
  • Short description of the focus of the systems engineering effort (1/2–1 page)
  • Identifies key assumptions about the systems engineering project implementation
• Working list of project references (4–8 references): This will be used to guide your research. It is not the final list, but should be enough to give you a good start on your project (4–8 references should be provided).

Turn in your proposal to your instructor to get approval before beginning the project.

Part 2: Document Shell for SEMP

In the Discussion Board assignment for this week, you chose a SEMP template for your project. Create your shell document using the chosen SEMP template. You will add to this document each week as you complete your individual projects. Each week, you will populate the shell document with information that will be identified by section name. The final SEMP will be the Key Assignment that you turn in at the end of the course. The following is the standard template for the SEMP that is provided for the class. Your shell document may differ if you decided as a class to use a different template or if you have decided to use your own template (approved by the instructor).

1. Title page
2. Executive Summary
3. Document History
4. Table of Contents
   1. Introduction
   2. Purpose
   3. Document Overview
   4. System Overview
   5. Project Schedule
   6. References
5. System Engineering Processes
   1. Project Organization
   2. Environments
   3. Decision-Making Process
   4. System Engineering Model
   5. System Engineering Processes
      1. Configuration Management
      2. Requirements Engineering
      3. Functional Analysis
      4. Design Processes
      5. Development Processes
         • Software
         • Hardware
         • System Integration
         • Build Management
   6. Verification
   7. Validation
6. Specialty Engineering
7. System Deployment
   1. Site preparation
   2. System installation
   3. System checkout
   4. User training
   5. Support engineer training
8. Product Support
   1. Maintenance
   2. Logistics support
   3. Disposal