The International Council on Systems Engineering is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1990 to develop, nurture and enhance the system engineering approach to multi-disciplinary system product development to enable the realization of successful systems. Through its Process and Improvement Technical Committee and Measurement Working Group (MWG), INCOSE has been a leader in the development and transition of Systems Engineering Measurement guidance. The MWG promotes a shared understanding and advancement of systems engineering measures, measurement practices, measurement tools/support, and the overall measurement process. It focuses on:

• Unification of Measurement Guidance

• Industry Association Collaboration

• Publication in Systems Measurement

• Practical Software and Systems Measurement (PSM)

• Real-life, Proven, and Validated Experience

• Training and Tools for Systems Measurement

• Research In Measurement

• Integrate Measurement into INCOSE Product Line

Related Products and Services
 

INCOSE provides the following products and services that aid measurement of systems and SE:

• SE Measurement Primer and Metrics Guidebook for Integrated Systems and Product Development.

• INCOSE International Symposium includes a measurement track (proceedings available).

• Jointly sponsored conferences with other technical/professional organizations, including PSM. INCOSE is a co-sponsor of the PSM Users’ Conference.

• Quarterly INCOSE Insight newsletter contains a regular column on Frequently Asked Questions about SE measurement. Two past issues have been focused entirely on measurement.

• Quarterly “Systems Engineering: The Journal of the International Council on Systems Engineering” often contains leading edge applications or research that is measurement related.

• Measurement tool requirements to support the INCOSE and PSM measurement approach.

• Tools database with current information on measurement tool capabilities versus tool requirements.

• SE Speaker’s Bureau to provide qualified speakers, including SE Measurement.

• Participation in the development and review of SE and measurement related standards.

• Key contributor to USC’s development of a SE cost estimation tool called COSYSMO.

• Papers/panels on measurement (risk, small projects, effectiveness assessment, and requirements in standards & models).

• Standard SE Measurement Process briefing with presenter and tailoring notes.

• Current work in measurement of technical products, risk, and small projects; reusable measurement products; a measurement process scenario for standard AP233; an update to the SE Measurement Primer; and an evaluation of measurement state-of-the-practice.