OCSMP Model Builder - Intermediate prep Training Course

Introduction to Systems Engineering Overview

• Motivation
• The Systems Engineering Process
• Typical Application of the Systems Engineering Process
• Document-Based vs Model-Based Approach for Systems Engineering
• Quick Revision of SysML

• SysML Purpose and Key Features
• SysML Diagram Overview
• Introducing SysML-Lite
• A Simplified MBSE Method

• The Learning Curve for SysML and MBSE

The Package Diagram

• Overview
• Defining Packages Using a Package Diagram
• Organizing a Package Hierarchy
• Showing Packageable Elements on a Package Diagram
• Packages as Namespaces
• Importing Model Elements into Packages
• Showing Dependencies between Packageable Elements

Blocks

• Block Definition Diagram
• Modeling the Structure and Characteristics of Blocks Using Properties
• Flows
• Block Behavior
• Modeling Interfaces Using Ports
• Modeling Classification Hierarchies Using Generalization
• Modeling Block Configurations Using Instances
• Semantics of Blocks

Constraints

• Constraint Expressions
• Encapsulating Constraints in Constraint Blocks to Enable Reuse
• Using Composition to Build Complex Constraint Blocks
• Using a Parametric Diagram to Bind Parameters of Constraint Blocks
• Constraining Value Properties of a Block
• Capturing Values in Block Configurations
• Constraining Time-Dependent Properties to Facilitate Time-Based Analysis
• Using Constraint Blocks to Constrain Item Flows

Activities

• The Activity Diagram
• Actions—The Foundation
• Object and Control Flows
• Signals and Other Events
• Structuring Activities
• Advanced Flow Modeling
• Modeling Constraints on Activity Execution
• Relating Activities to Blocks and Other Behaviors
• Modeling Activity Hierarchies Using Block Definition Diagrams
• Enhanced Functional Flow Block Diagram
• Executing Activities

Modeling Message-Based Behavior with Interactions

• The Sequence Diagram
• The Context for Interactions
• Lifelines
• Exchanging Messages between Lifelines
• Representing Time on a Sequence Diagram
• Complex Scenarios Using Combined Fragments
• Complex Interactions
• Decomposing Lifelines to Represent Internal Behavior

State Machine Diagram

• Event-Based Behavior and State Machine
• Specifying States
• Transitioning between States
• Operation Calls
• State Hierarchies
• Contrasting Discrete and Continuous States

Use Case Diagram

• Using Actors to Represent the Users of a System
• Using Use Cases to Describe System Functionality
• Elaborating Use Cases with Behaviors

Modeling Text-Based Requirements and Their Relationship to Design

• Requirement Diagram
• Representing a Text Requirement in the Model
• Types of Requirements Relationships
• Cross-Cutting Relationships
• Depicting Rationale for Requirements Relationships
• Depicting Requirements and Their Relationships in Tables
• Modeling Requirement Hierarchies in Packages
• Modeling a Requirement Containment Hierarchy
• Modeling Requirement Derivation
• Asserting That a Requirement Is Satisfied
• Verifying That a Requirement Is Satisfied
• Reducing Requirements Ambiguity Using the Refine Relationship
• Using the General-Purpose Trace Relationship
• Reusing Requirements with the Copy Relationship

Allocations

• Allocate Relationship
• Allocation Notation
• Kinds of allocation
• Reuse: Specifying Definition and Usage in Allocation
• Allocating Behavior to Structure Using Functional Allocation
• Allocating Behavioral Flows to Structural Flows
• Allocating between Independent Structural Hierarchies
• Modeling Structural Flow Allocation
• Allocating Deeply Nested Properties
• Evaluating Allocation across a User Model

Customizing SysML for Specific Domains

• The SysML Specification and Language Architecture
• Defining Model Libraries to Provide Reusable Constructs
• Defining Stereotypes to Extend SysML Concepts
• Extending the SysML Language Using Profiles
• Applying Profiles to User Models in Order to Use Stereotypes
• Applying Stereotypes when Building a Model
• Defining and Using Viewpoints to Generate Views of the Model

Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Method

• Method Overview
• A case study/example

Integrating SysML into a Systems Development Environment

• Specifying an Integrated Systems Development Environment
• Data Exchange Mechanisms
• Selecting a System Modeling Tool

Deploying SysML in an Organization

• Improvement Process
• Elements of a Deployment Strategy