XM Systems Engineering Breakdown Diagram

A Systems Engineering Breakdown Diagrams (SEBD) outlines all the components of a given GVCS technology and how they relate to one another. For each component, the Breakdown Diagram should also include possible implementation paths - focusing on those paths that build on existing open source projects, on available documentation, and on other available prior art. The work of OSE is founded on determining a specific implementation path from the above options - determined by best fit to OSE Specifications - from which a prototype implementation path is determined. Successive prototypes may choose different implementation paths - depending on prototype testing results.

To build a SEBD:

1. Break down the machine or system into components. Annotate the relationships between the different components
2. Document this on a dedicated wiki page for a specific project.
3. Value addition: get an information architect to improve the diagram