Overview of In-Person Workshop Opportunity in November

Workshop Demand Signals

• Clarify ME’s definition, baselining core competencies, architectures, roles, and knowledge areas.
• Document proceedings to support improved future ME precepts and practices.
• Provide an ME framework for planning, professional development and recruitment.
• Promote ME alignment among government, academic, and industry stakeholders.

By articulating ME competencies and mapping them to relevant skills and roles this Report – and its robust complement of Appendices for professional readers -- contributes to a shared understanding of ME’s role in delivering optimal mission-driven, risk-informed and interoperable capabilities for operational users. 1.1. Workshop Context, Goals and Objectives, and Structure Context ME is increasingly recognized as a critical discipline that upscales Systems Engineering (SE) practices, delivering ability to meet mission objectives with system-level capabilities , through mission-focused analysis and decision support . As missions grow more complex and multi-domain in nature, there is increased need to define the unique interdisciplinary ME competencies that distinguish it from traditional SE, whose precepts are necessary but not sufficient to handle today’s complex environment. The SERC-2018-TR-109 report on ME laid the foundation for understanding enterprise transformation through Digital Engineering (DE), System-of-Systems (SoS) modeling, and competency development.

Workshop Goals and Objectives

The ME Competency Workshop goal was to address the need for a clear, shared understanding of the roles, skills, and competencies essential to the practice of ME across the DoD, NASA, Academia, other industrial sectors, and allied partners. With increasing emphasis on delivering integrated, mission-focused and interdisciplinary capabilities, this workshop was planned to support workforce development efforts aligned with both the OSD(R&E) Mission Engineering Guide v2.0 and broader transformation initiatives in SE and acquisition: • Develop a draft interdisciplinary ME Competency Framework (see Figure I), structured to support workforce development, education, and training at novice/practitioner/expert levels of proficiency. • Define and clarify the roles involved in ME practice as they differ from or complement those in traditional SE, operational analysis, and acquisition.