Delivery Process: Systems Engineering Lifecycle
This delivery process is an example of the Systems Engineering Lifecycle. It can be used as-is or copied and modified to suit your project's needs.
Description
Work Breakdown Structure
Team Allocation
Work Product Usage
Work Product Breakdown
Prefix
Breakdown Element
Entry State
Exit State
Optional
Type
Inception
Phase
Inception Iteration [n]
Iteration
Conceive New Project
Activity
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Risk List
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Review Record
WorkProductDescriptor
System Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Prepare Project Environment
Activity
Prepare Environment for Project
Activity
Development Process
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Create Project Configuration Management (CM) Environments
Activity
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Implementation Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Infrastructure
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Process
WorkProductDescriptor
Project Repository
WorkProductDescriptor
Prepare Environment for an Iteration
Activity
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Process
WorkProductDescriptor
Change Request
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Infrastructure
WorkProductDescriptor
Plan the Project
Activity
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Risk List
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirements Specification
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Process
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Management Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Review Record
WorkProductDescriptor
System Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Monitor & Control Project
Activity
Status Assessment
WorkProductDescriptor
Review Record
WorkProductDescriptor
Work Order
WorkProductDescriptor
Risk List
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Process
WorkProductDescriptor
Change Request
WorkProductDescriptor
System Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Develop Initial Vision
Activity
Analyze the Problem
Activity
Business Case
preliminary
preliminary
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
preliminary
preliminary
WorkProductDescriptor
Stakeholder Requests
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
preliminary
preliminary
WorkProductDescriptor
Use Case
preliminary
preliminary
WorkProductDescriptor
Actor
preliminary
preliminary
WorkProductDescriptor
Glossary
preliminary
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Attributes
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirement
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirements Specification
WorkProductDescriptor
Storyboard
WorkProductDescriptor
Supplementary Specifications
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Management Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Understand Stakeholder Needs
Activity
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Stakeholder Requests
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Use Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Actor
WorkProductDescriptor
Glossary
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Attributes
WorkProductDescriptor
Change Request
WorkProductDescriptor
Supplementary Specifications
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirement
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirements Specification
WorkProductDescriptor
Storyboard
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Management Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Manage the Scope of the System
Activity
Stakeholder Requests
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Attributes
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Architecture Document
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Management Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Change Request
WorkProductDescriptor
Risk List
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirement
WorkProductDescriptor
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
System Architecture Document
WorkProductDescriptor
Supplementary Specifications
WorkProductDescriptor
Define the System
Activity
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Stakeholder Requests
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Use Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Actor
WorkProductDescriptor
Glossary
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Attributes
WorkProductDescriptor
Supplementary Specifications
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirement
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirements Specification
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Management Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Storyboard
WorkProductDescriptor
Change Request
WorkProductDescriptor
Analyze System Behavior
Activity
System Architecture Document
WorkProductDescriptor
System Deployment Model
WorkProductDescriptor
System Design Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
System Analysis Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Supplementary Requirements
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Operation
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Operation Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
System Use-Case Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
Synthesize System Architecture
Activity
System Architecture Document
WorkProductDescriptor
Supplementary Specifications
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
System Analysis Model
WorkProductDescriptor
System Deployment Model
WorkProductDescriptor
System Architecture Proof-of-Concept
WorkProductDescriptor
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Risk List
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Define Subsystem Operations [within Scope]
Activity
System Architecture Document
WorkProductDescriptor
Supplementary Specifications
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
System Analysis Model
WorkProductDescriptor
System Deployment Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Operation
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Operation Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Supplementary Requirements
WorkProductDescriptor
System Use-Case Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
System Design Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Define Evaluation Mission
Activity
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Risk List
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Architecture Document
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Work Order
WorkProductDescriptor
Change Request
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Strategy
WorkProductDescriptor
Implementation Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Data Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirements Specification
WorkProductDescriptor
Deployment Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Management Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirement
WorkProductDescriptor
Stakeholder Requests
WorkProductDescriptor
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Integration Build Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Test-Ideas List
WorkProductDescriptor
Design Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Storyboard
WorkProductDescriptor
User-Interface Prototype
WorkProductDescriptor
Manage Iteration
Activity
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Assessment
WorkProductDescriptor
Review Record
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Process
WorkProductDescriptor
Risk List
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Evaluation Summary
WorkProductDescriptor
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Status Assessment
WorkProductDescriptor
System Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Work Order
WorkProductDescriptor
Plan for Next Iteration
Activity
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Risk List
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Review Record
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Process
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Architecture Document
WorkProductDescriptor
System Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Lifecycle Objectives Milestone
Milestone
Elaboration
Phase
Elaboration Iteration [n]
Iteration
Prepare Environment for an Iteration
Activity
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Process
WorkProductDescriptor
Change Request
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Infrastructure
WorkProductDescriptor
Ongoing Management and Support
Activity
Manage Iteration
Activity
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Assessment
WorkProductDescriptor
Review Record
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Process
WorkProductDescriptor
Risk List
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Evaluation Summary
WorkProductDescriptor
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Status Assessment
WorkProductDescriptor
System Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Work Order
WorkProductDescriptor
Monitor & Control Project
Activity
Status Assessment
WorkProductDescriptor
Review Record
WorkProductDescriptor
Work Order
WorkProductDescriptor
Risk List
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Process
WorkProductDescriptor
Change Request
WorkProductDescriptor
System Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Manage Changing Requirements
Activity
Glossary
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Package
WorkProductDescriptor
Use Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Actor
WorkProductDescriptor
Change Request
WorkProductDescriptor
Supplementary Specifications
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Attributes
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Management Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Stakeholder Requests
WorkProductDescriptor
Review Record
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirement
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirements Specification
WorkProductDescriptor
Storyboard
WorkProductDescriptor
Manage Change Requests
Activity
Change Request
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Work Order
WorkProductDescriptor
Build
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Log
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Results
WorkProductDescriptor
System Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Support Environment During an Iteration
Activity
Development Infrastructure
WorkProductDescriptor
Revise and Complete Project Plans
Activity
Plan the Project
Activity
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Risk List
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirements Specification
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Process
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Management Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Review Record
WorkProductDescriptor
System Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Plan Project Configuration & Change Control
Activity
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Process
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Infrastructure
WorkProductDescriptor
Plan the Integration
Activity
Implementation Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Integration Build Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Plan Deployment
Activity
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Deployment Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Refine the System Definition
Activity
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Glossary
WorkProductDescriptor
Stakeholder Requests
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Use Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Supplementary Specifications
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Management Plan
complete
complete
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Storyboard
WorkProductDescriptor
Requirements Attributes
WorkProductDescriptor
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
User-Interface Prototype
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirements Specification
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirement
WorkProductDescriptor
System Requirements Specification
WorkProductDescriptor
Define Candidate System Architecture
Activity
System Architecture Document
WorkProductDescriptor
Supplementary Specifications
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
System Analysis Model
WorkProductDescriptor
System Deployment Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Operation
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Operation Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Supplementary Requirements
WorkProductDescriptor
System Use-Case Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
System Design Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Refine System Architecture
Activity
System Architecture Document
WorkProductDescriptor
Supplementary Specifications
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
System Analysis Model
WorkProductDescriptor
System Deployment Model
WorkProductDescriptor
System Design Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Supplementary Requirements
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Operation
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Operation Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
System Use-Case Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
Define Subsystem Operations [within Scope]
Activity
System Architecture Document
WorkProductDescriptor
Supplementary Specifications
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
System Analysis Model
WorkProductDescriptor
System Deployment Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Operation
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Operation Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Subsystem Supplementary Requirements
WorkProductDescriptor
System Use-Case Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
System Design Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Develop Subsystems [within Scope]
Activity
Integrate and Test [within Scope]
Activity
Verify Test Approach
Activity
Test Strategy
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Architecture Document
WorkProductDescriptor
Deployment Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
Implementation Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Interface
WorkProductDescriptor
Test-Ideas List
WorkProductDescriptor
Use Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Infrastructure
WorkProductDescriptor
Build
WorkProductDescriptor
Design Model
WorkProductDescriptor
User-Interface Prototype
WorkProductDescriptor
Supplementary Specifications
WorkProductDescriptor
Storyboard
WorkProductDescriptor
Change Request
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Suite
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Integrate each Subsystem
Activity
Implementation Element
WorkProductDescriptor
Implementation Subsystem
WorkProductDescriptor
Developer Test
WorkProductDescriptor
Design Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Log
WorkProductDescriptor
Integration Build Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Build
WorkProductDescriptor
Integrate the System
Activity
Implementation Subsystem
WorkProductDescriptor
Integration Build Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Build
WorkProductDescriptor
Test and Evaluate
Activity
Test Suite
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Log
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Strategy
WorkProductDescriptor
Change Request
WorkProductDescriptor
Build
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Infrastructure
WorkProductDescriptor
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Test-Ideas List
WorkProductDescriptor
Implementation Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Storyboard
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Realization
WorkProductDescriptor
Use-Case Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Use Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Design Model
WorkProductDescriptor
User-Interface Prototype
WorkProductDescriptor
Data Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Architecture Document
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Requirements Specification
WorkProductDescriptor
Deployment Model
WorkProductDescriptor
Supplementary Specifications
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Evaluation Summary
WorkProductDescriptor
Test Results
WorkProductDescriptor
Plan for Next Iteration
Activity
Iteration Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Risk List
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Vision
WorkProductDescriptor
Business Case
WorkProductDescriptor
Review Record
WorkProductDescriptor
Development Process
WorkProductDescriptor
Software Architecture Document
WorkProductDescriptor
System Development Plan
WorkProductDescriptor
Lifecycle Architecture Milestone
Milestone
Construction
Phase
Construction Iteration[n]
Iteration
Initial Operational Capability Milestone
Milestone
Transition
Phase
Transition Iteration[n]
Iteration
Product Release Milestone
Milestone
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