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Enterprise Systems Engineering
Overview Federal government systems such as the Global Information Grid (GIG), National Airspace System, and the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Border Initiative system, SBINet, are immensely complex and, increasingly, interdependent. As the missions of different government agencies become more interrelated, the systems and processes that support those missions grow correspondingly more complex. Traditional systems engineering approaches are evolving to address the challenge of such enterprise systems, many of which cross organizational boundaries. To deliver value to the users of the systems in these enterprises requires the disciplined methods and big-picture mindset of traditional systems engineering, coupled with newer enterprise systems engineering (ESE) methods aimed at addressing increased complexity. In our ESE work, we engineer the enterprise and we engineer the systems that enable the enterprise. In particular, we help customers shape their enterprises by aligning technology to support business and policy goals. We also determine how well the individual systems in an enterprise perform and how they affect each other. We provide architecture development, strategic planning, systems integration, and risk analysis services to customers across a wide spectrum of military and civil government agencies. MITRE is working to advance ESE methods and thinking through research, in the classroom, and on the job. In pursuit of these goals, MITRE is developing models and diagnostic tools to pinpoint real-world strategies and practices for complex systems engineering on an enterprise scale. One such tool, the Enterprise Systems Engineering Profiler, is gaining momentum both across MITRE and among our customers. The Profiler serves as a framework to help the systems engineer understand the nature of a given system in four critical dimensions: strategic, acquisition, stakeholder, and system behavior. MITRE is collaborating with the academic community, practitioners, and customers to refine and extend the Profiler and to develop practices that are customized to address specific engineering problems. Through our Enterprise Systems Engineering Office, MITRE addresses other enterprise systems engineering challenges related to the GIG, information assurance, performance engineering, and enterprise services and data. The office's charter is to provide critical engineering analyses to key stakeholders in the Department of Defense and intelligence community, clearing the path to true network-centric operations. And as part of our commitment to advancing the overall systems engineering discipline, we are offering educational opportunities to our employees and sponsors. MITRE engineers at our McLean, Va., and Bedford, Mass., offices, along with our sponsors' military and civilian personnel, can enroll in a jointly administered MITRE and Johns Hopkins University program to earn a Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering. The program provides students with the skills necessary for the planning, development, and engineering of complex systems. The program mirrors MITRE's real-world approach to systems engineering and includes courses in conceptual design; system project management; software system engineering processes; system design, test, and integration; and decision and risk analysis. Current Work Programs Examples of our work in this area include:
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