NASA Systems Engineering Processes and Requirements

The purpose of this document is to clearly articulate and establish the requirements on the implementing organization for performing systems engineering. Systems Engineering (SE) is a logical systems approach performed by multidisciplinary teams to engineer and integrate NASA's systems to ensure NASA products meet customers' needs. Implementation of this systems approach will enhance NASA's core engineering capabilities while improving safety, mission success, and affordability. This systems approach is applied to all elements of a system (i.e., hardware, software, human system integration) and all hierarchical levels of a system over the complete project life cycle.