IEEE 24748-4-2025

This document:--provides an expanded view of the processes from ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 that implement systems engineering (SE) management for the life cycles of technical solutions;--describes a required information item, termed the systems engineering management plan (SEMP) for the technical management and execution of the SE of technical solutions,--provides requirements and guidance for the content of the required information item. This document is applicable to:--those who use or plan to use ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 on projects dealing with human-made systems, products and services;--those who are responsible for the technical management of projects concerned with the engineering of systems;--those responsible for planning or executing ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288 system life cycle processes at a project level;--organizations and individuals involved with a technical project management effort;--anyone developing engineering management documentation to complete technical planning aspects of their project’s processes. This document is intended to provide guidance for two-party situations and can be equally applied where the two parties are from the same organization. This document can also be used by a single party as self-imposed tasks. This document can also serve as guidance in multi-party situations, where high risks are inherent in the supply and integration of complex systems, and procurement can involve several suppliers, organizations or parties.



Revision Standard - Active. ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, Systems and software engineering – System life cycle processes, provides a common process framework covering the life cycle of human-made systems, from the conception of ideas through to the retirement of a system. It provides the processes for acquiring and supplying systems. In addition, this framework provides for the assessment and improvement of the life cycle processes. This common framework improves communication and cooperation among the parties that create, utilize, and manage modern systems in order that they can work in an integrated, coherent fashion. The acquisition or supply of a system is usually done within a project. A project prepares and implements the technical planning, resources and schedules necessary to guide the project toward accomplishment of its objectives and proper conclusion. The project’s authorization and objectives are documented in an information item identified as a Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP). This document defines a SEMP as the key vehicle for representing a project's application of systems life cycle processes. In this document, the terms technical planning and systems engineering planning are used interchangeably to emphasize or differentiate technical contributions in the processes under discussion.