System Qualities Ontology, Tradespace and Affordability (SQOTA) Project: Phase 5

Abstract : One of the key elements of the SERC's research strategy is transforming the practice of systems engineering and associated management practices- SE and Management Transformation (SEMT) . The Grand Challenge goal for SEMT is to transform the DoD community's current systems engineering and management methods, processes, and tools (MPTs) and practices away from sequential, single stovepipe system, hardware-first, document-driven, point solution, acquisition-oriented approaches; and toward concurrent, portfolio and enterprise-oriented, hardware-software-human engineered, model-driven, set-based, full life cycle approaches.