BS EN 16603-10:2018

What is BS EN 16603-10-System engineering implementation requirements about?  

BS EN 16603-10 specifies the system engineering implementation requirements for space systems and space products development. Depending on the product category, the application of this standard needs to be checked and if needed tailored.  

The pre-tailoring table contains the applicability of the requirements of BS EN 16602-10 and its annexes according to product type. Specific requirements related to system engineering, like the technical specification, verification, and testing are specified in dedicated documents and standards within the set of ECSS system engineering standards ECSS-E-ST-10-XX. 

Note: The requirements on the system engineering process are gathered in BS EN 16602-10; specific aspects of the SE process are further elaborated in dedicated standards. 

Who is BS EN 16603-10 -System engineering implementation requirements for? 

BS EN 16603-10 on system engineering implementation requirements is applicable to: 

• Space project managers  
• Software engineers  
• System engineers 
• Information technology engineers 
• Project personnel for spacecraft projects 

Why should you use BS EN 16603-10 -System engineering implementation requirements?  

System engineering is an interdisciplinary approach governing the total technical effort to transform requirements into a system solution. A system is an integrated set of elements to accomplish a defined objective. These elements include hardware, software, firmware, human resources, information, techniques, facilities services, and other support elements. 

BS EN 16603-10 helps you to implement the system engineering requirements to establish a firm technical basis and to minimize technical risk and cost for space systems and space products development. BS EN 16603-10 helps you to specify the essential system engineering tasks, their objectives, and outputs. BS EN 16603-10 helps you to implement integration and control of engineering disciplines and lower-level system engineering work. BS EN 16603-10 helps to implement the “customer-system-supplier model” through the development of systems and products for space applications.  

What’s changed since the last update? 

BS EN 16603-10:2018 supersedes BS EN 13292:1999, BS EN 14514:2004, and BS EN 14607-7:2004.  The main changes with respect to BS EN 13292:1999, BS EN 14514:2004, and BS EN 14607-7:2004 are: 

• The main driver for the changes in this issue of the standard comes from the intention to include in BS EN 16603-10 only requirements and remove all informative material related to the process for inclusion in a future handbook 
• Inclusion of EN 16603-11 (ECSS-E-AS-11) "Adoption Notice of ISO 16290, Space systems - Definition of the Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and their criteria of assessment" as Normative Reference 
• Former clause 5 “System engineering process”, replaced by a brief overview of the project phases and related system engineering tasks in the current clause 4.3 “Overview of system engineering tasks per project phase” 
• Former Clause 4 split into an introductory clause 4 “Overview of Systems engineering” and clause 5 “General Requirements” 
• Clause 7 "Pre-tailoring matrix per space product types" added