International Council on Systems Engineering

“Administration of the organization is overseen by the universal management services, llc. The organization has no internal employees. See vii, section b for further disclosure.”

“Corporate and individual memberships are purchased annually.”

“Organization has members that elect the governing body”

“Members participate in decisions of the governing body on certain initiatives”

“Reviewed by executive committee and then submitted to the board of directors”

“Board members are required to sign a declaration every year. This is monitored by the managing executive.”

“Board approves contracts with outside contractors providing mangement services which include compensation. Organization has no employees.”

“Posted on website for members only”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: TECHNICAL:Technical Publications include Handbooks and Guidebooks that provide formal INCOSE technical information relative to topics within Systems Engineering and provide task guidance, advanced methods, lessons learned, cookbook techniques, and criteria. INCOSE Technical Products are developed within INCOSE and must be processed, reviewed, and approved in accordance with the Technical Product Review and Approval Process. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: PRODUCTS AND PUBLICATIONS:Members receive complimentary access to INCOSE publications of the SE Journal and INSIGHT. All members of INCOSE may also purchase hard copies of INSIGHT and Journals (Journal of Systems Engineering and Journal of Enterprise Transformation) at a discounted rate for one membership year. Systems Engineering, INCOSE's scholarly journal, is a primary source of multidisciplinary information for the systems engineering and management of products and services, and processes of all types. Systems engineering activities involve the technologies, processes, and systems management approaches needed for: definition of systems, including identification of user requirements and technological specifications; development of systems, including conceptual architectures, tradeoff of design concepts, configuration management during system development, integration of new systems with legacy systems, and integrated product and process development; and deployment of systems, including operational test and evaluation, maintenance over an extended lifecycle, and reengineering. Modern systems, including both products and services, are often very knowledge intensive, and are found in both the public and private sectors. The journal emphasizes strategic and program management of these, and the information and knowledge base for knowledge principles, knowledge practices, and knowledge perspectives for the engineering of systems. Definitive case studies involving systems engineering practice are especially welcome. Systems Engineering is included in both the INSPEC and COMPENDEX indices.The Journal is produced four times a year - January, April, July, and October. Members may access the journal online at the Wiley Interscience - Systems Engineering site. Hard copy subscriptions to The Journal are available for purchase by INCOSE members either during membership renewal or by purchasing the Hardcopy Subscription in your member Profile Home where you can add the hardcopy subscription to your membership.”

“The audited financial statements are reviewed by the treasurer and the auditor presents the audited financial statements to the board for review and approval.”