Model-Based Systems Engineering in Agile Development

A joint brief highlighting the partnership between government and industry. It focuses on the integrated roles of Northrup Grumman and Bell as they enhance the ability to streamline the delivery of complex weapon systems using rapid development, deployment and sustainment of interoperable technologies.

[BryanVandrovec]

Agile is not a methodology, it's a family of product development approaches. While it is possible to apply MBSE methods within an Agile approach, this requires modification of the definition of a user story to better align with UML use cases, and traceability from MBSE artifacts to backlog items and class implementations (e.g. the code). At present, there is a lack of integration between MBSE and Agile process tools to achieve this effectively. This needs to be addressed. Moreover, the fixed-length Agile sprints (typically 2 weeks) do not align well with the variable complexity of the goal-oriented use cases that most directly define value from user's perspective. In general, Agile is better suited to lower-complexity systems with largely independent features. There are a myriad of other iterative and incremental process models that can be tailored to suit the specific needs of a given program.

[CameoMagic]

Good presentation. Can we get an update if the models have been able to replace the CDRLs as stated at 32:58?