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Systems Engineering Leading Indicators Guide

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This Systems Engineering Leading Indicators Guide is the result of a project initiated by the Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI) Consortium in cooperation with the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Practical Software and Systems Measurement (PSM), and Systems Engineering Advancement Research Initiative (SEARI). Leading measurement and systems engineering experts from government, industry, and academia volunteered their time to work on this initiative. This document is issued by INCOSE as document number INCOSE-TP-2005-001-03.

Web Site Address

http://seari.mit.edu/documents/SELI-Guide-Rev2.pdf

Benefit/Value

A leading indicator is a measure for evaluating the effectiveness of a how a specific activity is applied on a program in a manner that provides information about impacts that are likely to affect the system performance objectives. A leading indicator may be an individual measure, or collection of measures, that are predictive of future system performance before the performance is realized. Leading indicators aid leadership in delivering value to customers and end users, while assisting in taking interventions and actions to avoid rework and wasted effort.

Keywords

requirements, interface, validation, verification, technology maturity, risk, technical measurement