Latest News
Upcoming BKCASE Panels and Tutorials
If you are interested in becoming an early adopter of the BKCASE product(s) (SEBoK and/or...
SEBoK v0.75 Released
On March 15 the SEBoK v0.75 was released to the public for a short 30 day review period. The...
A Successful Florida BKCASE Workshop
The BKCASE core team conducted its ninth BKCASE workshop at the impressive Florida Test Bed...
Upcoming Events
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BKCASE Workshop XI
03 Jul 2012 - 05 Jul 2012
- The workshop is closed to BKCASE authors. Further information will be provided to ...
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BKCASE Workshop XII
10 Oct 2012 - 11 Oct 2012
- The final BKCASE workshop is closed to authors. This workshop will be two days onl...
Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering
Coming to a Virtual Bookcase Near You in 2012
"Systems engineering competency models, certification programs, textbooks, graduate programs, and related workforce development initiatives around the world align with BKCASE." - The BKCASE Vision
Welcome to the BKCASE website. This site is intended to provide the public with information pertaining to the BKCASE mission and to serve as a project support tool for all BKCASE participants and advocates from around the world.
What is BKCASE?
BKCASE (pronounced "Bookcase") is the acronym for the Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering. The BKCASE project is led by a university partnership between the Stevens Institute of Technology and the Naval Postgraduate School. The project scope is to define a Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge ( SEBoK) and use the SEBoK to develop an Advanced Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE, pronounced "Gracie").
The ideal outcome is that the SEBoK will be supported worldwide by the Systems Engineering community as the authoritative BoK for the SE discipline and that the GRCSE will receive the same global recognition and serve as the authoritative guidance for graduate degree programs in SE. A leading group of systems engineers from across the world will volunteer as authors and reviewers on the project to collaborate over a three year period and deliver two quality products, the SEBoK and GRCSE, to the public in 2012.
The BKCASE team invites you to learn more about our project. Information can be easily accessed by perusing the various sections of our site that is frequently monitored and updated as needed. Over time we hope to gain support for our efforts from systems engineering practitioners, educators, and current and potential graduate students from within the US and abroad. We encourage and welcome the SE engineering community to forward us your feedback about our project efforts. You may do this by contacting our project team leaders at bkcase@stevens.edu.
Major Milestones
SEBoK v0.25 | September 2010 | |||||||||
GRCSE v0.25 | December 2010 | |||||||||
SEBoK v0.50 | September 2011 | |||||||||
GRCSE v0.50 | December 2011 | |||||||||
SEBoK v0.75 | March 2012 | |||||||||
SEBoK v1.0 | September 2012 | |||||||||
GRCSE v1.0 | December 2012 |
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Featured BKCASE Author
John W. Brackett
John Brackett has over 25 years of experience in the industrial practice of software and systems engineering on major commercial and defense systems. He is currently Professor of Computer Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering at Boston University. Dr. Brackett teaches graduate courses on the design and testing of distributed computer-based systems and project management for software-intensive systems. His research interests are in testing of large object-oriented software systems and the architecture of distributed computer-based systems. He was a member of the team that developed Graduate Software Engineering 2009: Curriculum Guidelines for Graduate Degree Programs in Software Engineering.
Dr. Brackett was one of the founders of SofTech, a Boston-based software company which was acquired by CACI in 1993. As Vice President of Software Production, he was responsible for all of the company's software development projects for large commercial and government clients. He later served as SofTech's President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Brackett consults to companies responsible for the development of large computer-based systems for which software provides essential functionality.
Dr. Brackett received his Ph.D. from Purdue University and was a post-doctoral Research Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Computer Science.
Contact Information:
Office: 617-353-5898; Fax: 617-353-6440
E-mail: brackett@bu.edu or jwbbu@earthlink.net