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Introduction Axe in hand, I strode into the misty forest, looking for the perfect Christmas tree. As the slushy snow soaked into my shoes, I thought, “I should have modeled this first!” In any project as critical as decorating the house for Christmas, Model-Based Systems Engineering has a lot to offer the serious practitioner. In

As a teacher of SysML and MBSE, I regularly have students, who are working engineers, ask, “How do I starting using MBSE?”. There is a perceived need for a template or pattern to follow. My usual answer is, “You already know how to do systems engineering in your organization. Simply apply the new techniques and

Introduction In the first four parts of this series, we have focused on the SysML modeling part of the systems engineering effort. While general-purpose modeling serves many purposes, some parts of design and analysis are best done with more specialized tools. The ability to keep multiple models consistent is the objective of Model-Based Engineering (MBE)

Introduction SysML models readily connect structure, behaviors, requirements, and analysis in a single model. We started to show behaviors back in Part 1 with a series of simple state machine behaviors. In this blog post, we show how SysML interaction elements and sequence diagrams can be used to model the message-based communication between different parts

Introduction In this third post, we build simple rail subsystems from the blocks and control points created before. We offer two examples, a single track with a siding and two parallel tracks with crossovers. These can, in turn, act as parts of larger systems. This post is the third in a series of blog posts

Introduction We extend our best wishes for safety and a rapid recovery to all those affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, but we have a responsibility as system engineers to do more. The impact of these catastrophic weather events can be reduced by intelligent preparation and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) offers a better way to