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Systems Engineering Demystified, Second Edition - Second Edition

By : Jon Holt
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Book Image

Systems Engineering Demystified, Second Edition - Second Edition

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By: Jon Holt

Overview of this book

Systems engineering helps in developing and describing complex systems. Written by an internationally-recognized systems engineering expert, this updated edition provides insight into elements to consider when designing a complex system that is robust and successful. The latest edition covers the new approaches of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and its deployment techniques using the Trinity approach. You will learn about the system engineering life cycle and processes to implement. Effective systems can be built only when the system is designed with close attention to detail, meaning each aspect of the system is recognized and understood before the system is built. The book explains in great detail, different system models and visualization techniques, with a focus on SysML, to help you visualize a system in the design phase. You will also learn various verification and validation techniques to ensure your system design is ready to be implemented. The book ends with key management processes, systems engineering best practices, and guidelines, with a new section on effective approaches based on the author’s impressive 30 years of experience in the field. By the end of this systems engineering book, you'll be able to apply modern model-based systems engineering techniques to your own systems and projects.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part I: Introduction to Systems Engineering
4
Part II: Systems Engineering Concepts
8
Part III: Systems Engineering Techniques
14
Part IV: Next Steps
18
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19
Index

Defining the MBSE Capability

In this section, we shall look at how to define the MBSE Capability based on the scope previously defined.

When we talk about Capability, we talk about the ability of an organization or organizational unit. Therefore, when we talk about the MBSE Capability, then we talk about the ability of the organization or organizational unit to carry out MBSE.

Previously in this book, we discussed the MBSE Capability, although we did not explicitly refer to it as such. Indeed we have discussed, and referred back to, on many occasions MBSE in a slide, which we may actually use as basis for our MBSE Capability definition. We stated that MBSE in a slide provides an overview of the considerations that must be thought about when implementing MBSE, and this forms the basis for the MBSE Capability.

When we consider MBSE implementation, we really talk about changing the business for the better. When we talk about any kind of business change, we must consider two...