The table below represents activities and tasks that systems engineering must be aware of, participate in or be responsible for. The table is a good point of reference for planning purposes and should be addressed in the Systems Engineering Plan (SEP).

 

Activity	Systems Engineering Responsibility
	Awareness	Participant	Write	Review
Acquisition Strategy		X	X	X
Capabilities Based Assessment		X
Clinger Cohen Act		X		X
Commercial off-The-Shelf (COTS)		X		X
Conducting Source Selection		X		X
Cost Analysis Requirements Description (CARD)		X		X
Data Management Strategy (DMS)		X	X
Earn Value Management (EVMS)	X			X
Human System Integration (HSI)	X			X
Integrated Baseline Review (IBR)		X		X
Integrated Master Plan (IMP)		X		X
Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)		X		X
Information Assurance (IA)		X		X
Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCMP)	X	X		X
Multiple Development Contractors	X
Net Centric Data Strategy		X		X
Open Architecture (OA)			X
Peer Reviews		X		X
Planning for Independent Verification & Validation			X
Process Maturity		X		X
Quality Assurance		X		X
Request for Proposal (RFP)		X	X
Requirements Traceability		X		X
RFP Evaluation Factors (Section M)		X	X
RFP Instructions (Section L)		X	X
Risk Management		X		X
Safety Critical Software		X
Selecting Software Items for CDRLS		X	X
Software Acquisition Management Plan (SWAMP)		X		X
Software Architecture		X
Software Configuration Management		X		X
Software Configuration Management Plan (SCMP)		X	X	X
Software Metrics		X	X	X
Source Selection Plan (SSP)		X		X
Statement of Objectives (SOO)		X		X
Statement of Work (SOW)		X		X
Systems Engineering Plan (SEP)			X
Systems Requirements Document (SRD)			X
Technical Reviews and Audits		X		X
Technology Development Strategy (TDS)			X
Test and Evaluation Strategy (TES)			X
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)		X	X	X

Updated: 6/01/2018