A Practical Guide to SysML: The Systems Modeling Language

by Sanford Friedenthal, Alan Moore, Rick Steiner

Overview

A Practical Guide to SysML: The Systems Modeling Language is a comprehensive guide to SysML for systems and software engineers. It provides an advanced and practical resource for modeling systems with SysML. The source describes the modeling language and offers information about employing SysML in transitioning an organization or project to model-based systems engineering. The book also presents various examples to help readers understand the OMG Systems Modeling Professional (OCSMP) Certification Program. The text is organized into four parts. The first part provides an overview of systems engineering. It explains the model-based approach by comparing it with the document-based approach and providing the modeling principles. The overview of SYsML is also discussed. The second part of the book covers a comprehensive description of the language. It discusses the main concepts of model organization, parametrics, blocks, use cases, interactions, requirements, allocations, and profiles. The third part presents examples that illustrate how SysML supports different model-based procedures. The last part discusses how to transition and deploy SysML into an organization or project. It explains the integration of SysML into a systems development environment. Furthermore, it describes the category of data that are exchanged between a SysML tool and other types of tools, and the types of exchange mechanisms that can be used. It also covers the criteria that must be considered when selecting a SysML. Software and systems engineers, programmers, IT practitioners, experts, and non-experts will find this book useful.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128008003
Publisher:	Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Publication date:	10/23/2014
Series:	The MK/OMG Press
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	630
File size:	141 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 Introduction1. Systems Engineering Overview2. Model-Based Systems Engineering3 SysML Language Overview3. SysML Language OverviewPart II Language Description4. SysML Language Architecture5. Organizing the Model with Packages6. Modeling Structure with Blocks7. Modeling Constraints with Parametrics8. Modeling Flow-Based Behavior with Activities9. Modeling Message-Based Behavior with Interactions10. Modeling Event-Based Behavior with State Machines11. Modeling Functionality with Use Cases12. Modeling Text-Based Requirements and their Relationship to Design13. Modeling Cross-Cutting Relationships with Allocations14. Customizing SysML for Specific DomainsPart III Modeling Examples15. Water Distiller Example Using Functional Analysis16. Residential Security System Example Using the Object-Oriented Systems Engineering MethodPart IV Transitioning to Model-Based Systems Engineering17. Integrating SysML into a Systems Development Environment18. Deploying SysML into an OrganizationAPPENDIXESA-1 SysML Reference GuideA-2 Cross Reference Guide to the OMG Systems Modeling Professional Certification Program (OCSMP) – NE

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"The primary goal of this book is to introduce model-based engineering through SysML, a graphical systems modeling language that is being promoted as an alternative to the unified modeling language (UML) to address systems engineering." —Computing Reviews

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