A Practical Guide to SysML: The Systems Modeling Language

by Sanford Friedenthal, Alan Moore, Rick Steiner

Overview

Systems engineers and architects must understand how all the parts of a system work together to satisfy its requirements. SysML is a general purpose graphical modeling language used to specify, analyze, and design systems that may include hardware, software, and personnel. It allows engineers to describe how a system interacts with its environment, and how its parts must interact to achieve the desired system behavior and performance. The SysML model provides a shared view of the system, enabling a design team to surface issues early and prevent problems that would otherwise delay development and degrade design quality. Since SysML is based on UML, it also facilitates integration between systems and software development. SysML is now being adopted by companies across a broad range of industry, including Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, and IT System Developers.

This book provides a comprehensive and practical guide for modeling systems with SysML. It includes a full description of the language along with a quick reference guide, and shows how the language can be applied to specify, analyze, and design systems. It contains examples to help readers understand how SysML can be used in practice. The book also includes guidance on how an organization or project can transition to model based systems engineering using SysML, with considerations for processes, methods, tools, and training.

*The authoritative guide for understanding and applying SysML
*Authored by the foremost experts on the language
*Language description, examples, and quick reference guide included

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123838575
Publisher:	Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Publication date:	08/25/2009
Series:	The MK/OMG Press
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	576
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

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 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 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.

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction

1 Systems Engineering Overview

2 Model-Based Systems Engineering

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 Even-Based Behavior with State Machines

11 Modeling Functionality with Use Cass

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 Modeling Examples

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

Appendix SysML Reference Guide

A.1 Overview

A.2 Notational Conventions

A.3 Package Diagram

A.4 Block Definition Diagram

A.5 Internal Block Diagram

A.6 Parametric Diagram

A.7 Activity Diagram

A.8 Sequence Diagram

A.9 State Machine Diagram

A.10 Use Case Diagram

A.11 Requirement Diagram

A.12 Allocation

A.13 Stereotypes

What People are Saying About This

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The #1 SysML resource for systems and software engineers, fully updated for SysML 1.3

Editorial Reviews

"SysML is the new industry-standard language designed specifically to support modern systems engineering. I cannot imagine a better way to learn SysML than to read about it from the masters: Friedenthal, Moore, and Steiner led the design of this important new language and now cap that effort with this comprehensive and highly readable guide for both novices and experts." —Bran Selic, Malina Software Corporation

"This book is just the ticket you need to get started on the road to adopting standards-based, model-based systems engineering (MBSE) methods. The authors have done an outstanding job in providing detailed coverage of the SysML language and semantics supported through worked examples." —Jeff Estefan, Principal Engineer, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

"The authors of this book have been invovlded in SysML development since its inception, and have the understanding necessary to explain it clearly. In particular, the activity diagrams chapter accurately and concisely describes the SysML extensions to UML for functional flow modeling." —Conrad Bock, OMG Lead for Activity Modeling in SysML

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