Introduction to Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
NASA said it best: Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) has been increasingly embraced by both industry and government as a means to keep track of system complexity.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has been especially receptive to MBSE because the DoD relies on robust systems engineering to develop the weapons, satellites and communication systems needed to maintain superiority over foreign adversaries.
Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) is a formalized methodology that is used to support the requirements, design, analysis, verification, and validation associated with the development of complex systems. In contrast to document-centric engineering, MBSE puts models at the center of system design.
Capturing system attributes in models enables systems engineers to perform threat-modeling analysis of the system early and incorporate mitigation strategies into the system design, thereby reducing the system’s overall security-related risks.
Simply put, MBSE in a digital-modeling environment provides advantages that document-based systems engineering cannot provide.
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), applied in the right circumstances, allows designers to work successfully at greater degrees of complexity.
Risk due to technology is also reduced, because of a greater focus on formalizing how the technology works.
Overall, there is a significant advantage to project performance by applying an MBSE approach, according to INCOSE. An MBSE approach makes the engineering processes on a complex system development effort more efficient by improving requirements completeness, consistency, and communication.
Other benefits reported by INCOSE, include:
- Improved communications
- Increased ability to manage system complexity
- Improved product quality
- Enhanced knowledge capture
- Improved ability to teach and learn SE fundamentals
Studies have proven that an MBSE approach is most effective at improving defect prevention strategies. The approach is found to enhance the capability to find defects early in the system development life cycle (SDLC), when they could be fixed with less impact and prevented rework in later phases, thus mitigating risks to cost, schedule, and mission.
Introduction to Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Course by Tonex
Introduction to Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is a 2-day introduction to MBSE. Learn about modeling, modeling applied to systems engineering, Systems Modeling Language (SysML) application and more.
Participants will learn how MBSE is applied and how modern system engineering uses models to create structural and dynamic artifacts for conops, system requirements, design, architecture, analysis verification and validation activities. Through case studies and examples, participants will discover application of modeling to systems engineering, the model-based approach to analysis, requirements, design and testing.
For systems engineers, developers, testers, and project managers, Systems Modeling Language (SysML) represents system-related information in static and dynamic diagrams applicable to the system acquisition.
Introduction to MBSE, will explain advantage of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and SysML and the ability to create models/diagrams for the system instead of documents.
Who Should Attend?
Developers, systems engineers, testers, project managers, analysts and anyone else who wants to learn the application of modeling to modern systems engineering practices.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the attendees will be able to:
- Describe models and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
- Describe what SysML is
- Explore model-based systems engineering approach
- List SysML diagrams and language concepts
- Apply SysML as part of a model based SE process applied to design and manufacturing
- Develop a system conceptual model and architecture using MBSE/SysML
- Define system use cases, requirements, architecture, function, structure, behavior and tests with SysML
- Describe the notions of system, product, service, and project with SysML
- Model a combined Project-Product Life cycle Management system and study the benefits of the project-product synergies with SysML
- Work with real life projects using MBSE approach with SysML
Course Agenda
Overview of Model Based Systems Engineering (SE)
- Systems Engineering Overview and Models
- Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Applied
- Systems Engineering Practices for Describing Complex Systems
- SysML Language Overview
- Analyzing
- Stakeholders Involved in System Acquisition
- System Actors, Use Cases, Specifications, Interface requirements, System design, Analysis & Trade-off and Test plans
Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) vs. Document-Based Systems Engineering
- Models and Principles behind MBSE
- Systems Engineering Artifacts and transitions to MBSE
- Modeling at multiple levels of the System
- Operational model
- System model
- Component model
- MBSE to support complex predictive and affects-based modeling
- Relationship between SysML and MBSE
Overview of SysML
- Diagram Overview and Language Concepts
- What is SysML?
- SysML Diagram Taxonomy
- Systems including hardware, software, data, personnel, procedures, and facilities
- SysML in specification, analysis, design, verification, and validation of systems
- Functional/Behavioral Model
- Shared understanding of system requirements and design
SysML Diagram Techniques
- Use Case
- Requirement
- Activity
- Block Definition
- Internal Block
- Sequence
- State Machine
- Parametric
- Package
- Allocation Tables
Working with MBSE and SysML
- Simple Case Study Structure: Definition and Use
- Behavior: Interaction, State Machine and activity/functions
- Requirements
- Parametrics
- SysML Diagram Frames
- Package Diagram
- Views
- Internal Block Diagram
- Allocations
- Basic Structural elements
Workshop
- Working with a Simple System Modeling Example and Functional Analysis using SysML
- Structure and Concepts
Introduction to Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)