Models as a Foundation for Systems Engineering Should We Expect a Breakthrough? Brett Malone Vitech Corporation

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1 Models as a Foundation for Systems Engineering Should We Expect a Breakthrough? Brett Malone Vitech Corporation bmalone@vitechcorp.com

2 The Transition to Models? Opportunities Enablers Inhibitors Threats MBSE transition graphic reprinted from INCOSE MBSE Workshop, February

3 Building a Community Government Agencies Professional Organizations Industry Practitioners Standards Bodies Academic Institutions Tool Vendors 3

4 Casting an Initial Vision Power Rating: 18 Amps Hydraulic Fluid: SAE 1340 notcompliant Thermal/Heat Dissipation: 780 Ergonomic/Pedal Feedback: 34 ERGS Hydraulic Pressure: 350 PSI Sensor MTBF: 3000 hrs Minimum Turn Radius: 24 ft. Dry Pavement Braking Distance at 60 MPH: : 110 ft. 90 ft Reprinted from INCOSE MBSE Workshop, February

5 Maturity INCOSE MBSE Roadmap MBSE Capability Reduced cycle times System of systems interoperability Design optimization across broad trade space Cross domain effects based analysis Institutionalized MBSE across Academia/Industry Distributed & secure model repositories crossing multiple domains Defined MBSE theory, ontology, and formalisms Well Defined MBSE Ad Hoc MBSE Document Centric Emerging MBSE standards Architecture model integrated with Simulation, Analysis, and Visualization Matured MBSE methods and metrics, Integrated System/HW/SW models Planning & Support Research Standards Development Processes, Practices, & Methods Tools & Technology Enhancements Outreach, Training & Education Reprinted from INCOSE MBSE Workshop, February

6 Advancing Technology Computing power Cloud computing Database technologies Reasoning engines 6

7 The Development of SysML 7

8 SysML An Enabler and a Threat? SysML as an Enabler A visual modeling language with semantics and standard notation Communication alignment with software domain SysML as a Threat MBSE SysML Complexity of representation Rate of incorrect implementation (SysML treated as a series of diagrams) SysML as a universal and complete representation 8

9 Communication Mismatch: Manager, Architect, and Domain Experts Process Interview Process Name: Owner: 9

10 Communication Mismatch: Enabling Communication in the SME s Language Reprinted from DoDAF

11 Models and Languages SysML DoDAF AP233 11

12 Evolution of Frameworks and Standards AP233 12

13 Contractual Boundaries 13

14 Expanded Vehicles for Research and Innovation Research and innovation vehicles Organic MBSE Community / Working Groups Masters and Doctoral students (growth in SE programs) Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) DARPA META program For the practitioner Wizards, aids, and process guides Intelligent agents SE design automation Heuristics Patterns and pattern recognition Assisted engineering For our customer Sensitivity analysis (requirements and requirement changes) Trade space capability and portfolio analysis Automated assurance of system integrity 14

15 Changes in the Systems Domain The SE domain COTS, GOTS, and reuse increased emphasis on integration and reconfiguration for new capabilities Intelligent, adaptive (self-evolving), and chaotic systems Widely divergent system lifetimes (cell phones and submarines) Compressed cycle time / accelerated time to market Dominance of commercial systems An era of evolution Influences of new technologies (biotech, ) Rise of cost-effectiveness (limited government budgets, market economics in commercial domain) Rise of national specialization The noteworthy challenges of this generation are systems problems 15

16 Begin with the End in Mind 16

Changes in the Systems Domain Communication Advancing Technology Sufficient and timely

17 The Path to the Future SysML as intended Community Premature standards or standards proliferation Expanded vehicles for research and innovation Keeping our eye on the target Changes in the Systems Domain Communication Advancing Technology Sufficient and timely standards Models and Languages Contractual Boundaries Vision SysML misimplemented and misunderstood 17

Beyond MBSE: Looking towards the Next Evolution in Systems Engineering

Beyond MBSE: Looking towards the Next Evolution in Systems Engineering David Long INCOSE President david.long@incose.org @thinkse Copyright 2015 by D. Long. Published and used by INCOSE with permission.