Systems Engineering competencies in academic education : An industrial survey about skills in Systems Engineering

Various boundary conditions make it difficult for companies to introduce the approach of System Engineering. Apart from extensive formalization of Systems Engineering processes, transferring to development projects is difficult, because involved engineers, developers or managers, are not clear about their changed roles in Systems Engineering projects. To describe these and to analyze what skills are required for the roles, this paper combines the theoretical bases of role models with a survey of desired competencies and capabilities in Systems Engineering. They essentially refer to graduates in technical studies. With this combination, the academic teaching in Systems Engineering is more driven by demands of appliers. Goal is that the necessary competencies and skills are the main part and content of Systems Engineering courses and lectures.