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EIA-731.2 - Systems Rngineering Capability Model Appraisal Method
Purpose
This document describes the Appraisal Method (AM) for the Systems Engineering Capability Model (SECM). An appraisal compares an organization's Systems Engineering capabilities against the Specific Practices of the Focus Areas and the Generic Characteristics defined in EIA-73 1, Part 1.
Who Should Use the Appraisal Method
Executives and process owners in organizations, enterprises, or programs performing just about any kind of Systems Engineering product life cycle activities may use the Appraisal Method. Organizations already engaged in process improvement efforts may use this Appraisal Method and the SECM to baseline their efforts and success to date.
Why the Appraisal Method was developed
The problem that EPIC, the SECM Working Group, EIA, and INCOSE intends to solve is to reduce the barriers to enterprise-wide process improvement. As part of this, a consistent Appraisal Method is needed to provide a publicly accessible method to prepare for and acquire capability baselines and industry/product independent, comparative appraisals.
Appraisal Method Scope
The scope of the Appraisal Method is designed specifically to support continuous process improvement. The Appraisal Method activities are the same basic set used by the SEI CMM-Based Appraisal for Internal Process Improvement (CBA-IPI) method for staged architecture CMM@s. Some differences exist due to the different model architectures. This document is a process description for the Appraisal Method, not a training manual. Some materials are included that support appraisal training; however, it is not the intent of this document to be a substitute for appraisal training materials.
How this Appraisal Method should be used
This Appraisal Method description was written to support an appraisal using the SECM as a reference model. This Appraisal Method description was not written to meet the needs of a third-party evaluation or audit. An appraisal of an organization's systems engineering capabilities primarily provides information useful for improving those capabilities vis-à-vis the SECM. This Appraisal Method can be performed as a self-appraisal or conducted by or with the assistance of an outside organization or consultant.
Appraisal Method developers
This Appraisal Method was developed by the EIA G47 SECM Working Group that developed EIA-73 1 , Part 1.
Overview
This document contains basic information on the continuous architecture Appraisal Method. It is broken into six Sections with Annexes A through H. Section 1 contains introductory information and assumptions used in creating the Appraisal Method.
Section 2 contains a brief overview of the important aspects of initiating, preparing for, and conducting an appraisal. Sections 3,4, and 5 contain summaries of each of the major phases and process activities of the Appraisal Method. They begin with activity objectives, expected duration, brief descriptions of what to do and how to do it, and end with closure criteria. One page summary checklists for most activities are included in Annex E.
Section 6 contains guidance information that is helpful in preparing for and conducting an appraisal. The Annexes contain templates and instructions for using support tools, including the Appraisal Method questionnaire. Sections 1 and 2 are informative. Sections 3,4, and 5 are normative but tailorable. Section 6 is informative, and all annexes are informative except the questionnaire, which is normative but tailorable in format and media.
Assumptions
The Appraisal Method description is based on the following assumptions, both procedural and model-based