The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1990.  INCOSE is an international authoritative body promoting the application of an interdisciplinary approach and means to enable the realization of successful systems.

What is Systems Engineering?

Systems Engineering is an interdisciplinary approach and means to enable the realization of successful systems. It focuses on defining customer needs and required functionality early in the development cycle, documenting requirements, then proceeding with design synthesis and system validation while considering the complete problem:

Operations  Cost & Schedule

Performance  Training & Support

Test   Disposal

Manufacturing

Systems Engineering integrates all the disciplines and specialty groups into a team effort forming a structured development process that proceeds from concept to production to operation. Systems Engineering considers both the business and the technical needs of all customers with the goal of providing a quality product that meets the user needs.