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A Practical Guide to SysML. The Systems Modeling Language. Edition No. 2. The MK/OMG Press

  • Book

  • November 2011
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 1771727
A Practical Guide to SysML: The Systems Modeling Language is a comprehensive guide for understanding and applying SysML to model systems. The Object Management Group's OMG SysML is a general-purpose graphical modeling language for representing systems that may include combinations of hardware, software, data, people, facilities, and natural objects. SysML supports the practice of model-based systems engineering (MBSE) used to develop system solutions in response to complex and often technologically challenging problems. The book is organized into four parts. Part I provides an overview of systems engineering, a summary of key MBSE concepts, a chapter on getting started with SysML, and a sample problem highlighting the basic features of SysML. Part II presents a detailed description of the SysML language, while Part III illustrates how SysML can support different model-based methods. Part IV discusses how to transition MBSE with SysML into an organization. This book can serve as an introduction and reference for industry practitioners, and as a text for courses in systems modeling and model-based systems engineering. Because SysML reuses many Unified Modeling Language (UML) concepts, software engineers familiar with UML can use this information as a basis for understanding systems engineering concepts.

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction
1. Systems Engineering Overview
2. Model-Based Systems Engineering3 SysML Language Overview
3. SysML Language Overview

Part II Language Description
4. SysML Language Architecture
5. Organizing the Model with Packages
6. Modeling Structure with Blocks
7. Modeling Constraints with Parametrics
8. Modeling Flow-Based Behavior with Activities
9. Modeling Message-Based Behavior with Interactions
10. Modeling Event-Based Behavior with State Machines
11. Modeling Functionality with Use Cases
12. Modeling Text-Based Requirements and their Relationship to Design
13. Modeling Cross-Cutting Relationships with Allocations
14. Customizing SysML for Specific Domains

Part III Modeling Examples
15. Water Distiller Example Using Functional Analysis
16. Residential Security System Example Using the Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Method

Part IV Transitioning to Model-Based Systems Engineering
17. Integrating SysML into a Systems Development Environment
18. Deploying SysML into an Organization

APPENDIXES
A-1 SysML Reference Guide
A-2 Cross Reference Guide to the OMG Systems Modeling Professional Certification Program (OCSMP) - NE

Authors

Sanford Friedenthal MBSE Consultant. Sanford Friedenthal is an MBSE Consultant. He has been an advocate for model-based systems engineering and a leader of the industry team that developed SysML from its inception through its adoption by the OMG. Alan Moore Architecture Modeling Specialist, The MathWorks, Ltd.. Alan Moore is an Architecture Modeling Specialist at The MathWorks. He has extensive experience in the development of real-time and object-oriented methodologies and their application. Alan was co-chair of the OMG's Real-time Analysis and Design Working Group and served as the language architect during the development of SysML. Rick Steiner Independent Consultant, San Diego, California. Rick Steiner is an independent consultant focusing on pragmatic application of systems engineering modeling techniques. He culminated his 29 year career at Raytheon as an Engineering Fellow, Raytheon Certified Architect and INCOSE Expert Systems Engineering Professional (ESEP).

Mr. Steiner has been an advocate, consultant, and instructor of model driven systems development for over 20 years. He has served as chief engineer, architect, or lead system modeler for several large scale electronics programs, incorporating the practical application of the OOSEM methodology and generation of Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) artifacts from complex system models.

Mr. Steiner has been a key contributor to both the original requirements for SysML and the development of SysML specification. While his main technical contribution has been in the area of allocations, requirements, and the sample problem, Mr. Steiner has also served as co-chair of the SysML Revision Task Force (RTF). He continues to provide frequent tutorials and workshops on SysML and model driven engineering topics at INCOSE events, NDIA conferences, and other corporate engagements.