Full Definition per [[INCOSE]]: > A transdisciplinary and integrative approach to enable the successful realization, use, and retirement of engineered systems, using systems principles and concepts, and scientific, technological, and management methods. The [[Systems Engineering Book of Knowledge|SEBoK]] offers a [[Venn Diagram]] to help clarify the boundary between SE, Systems _implementation_, and systems _management_: ![[screenshot.png]] Systems Engineering is like [[What is a Strategy|strategy]], you can do things without it, but those things aren't likely to result in the outcome you want. There's an observed negative [[correlation]] between what % of a budget is spent on SE and the % that budget overruns by at the completion of the project ([[Systems Engineering Book of Knowledge|SEBoK]] pg 42). Systems Engineering has been a discipline since ~1950 when it was established within Bell Labs. **** # More ## Source - [[Systems Engineering Book of Knowledge]] ## Related - [[Elegant Systems in SE]] - [[Digital Engineering]] - [[SysML]]