SEMP
Systems Engineering Glossary
Systems Engineering — Systems Engineering — Systems Engineering Management — SEMP
Information on SEMP
Systems engineering is such a broad subject area that an
overall management plan or approach needs to be developed to
take into account all the various aspects of systems engineering
management, including risk management, technical reviews and audits, configuration management,
test and evaluation, and so on.
This plan is called the
SEMP . The Systems Engineering Management
Plan is therefore the premier systems engineering plan. In
small projects the SEMP would have
a section on each aspect of systems engineering management; in
larger projects these areas would form annexes (for the risk
management plan, configuration management plan, and so on); in large
projects, each of these areas would be a plain in
their own right referred to from the overarching Systems Engineering
Management Plan.
The SEMP is normally
prepared by the contractor, and is reviewed and approved by
the customer. There may be more than one SEMP for
each system development; there may be one for the customer,
one for the contractor, and one for each of the
major sub-contractors.
Once approved, the SEMP is
the single governing document for all systems engineering effort. Changes
to the SEMP must be reviewed and approved. The Systems
Engineering Management Plan is normally reviewed at formal project
or design reviews. Draft SEMPs received during the tendering phase
may be used to determine contractor ability (and assist in
comparing contractors).
Other topics in our resources on Systems Engineering related to SEMP include:
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