Agile & Model Based Systems Engineering

Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is the practice of developing a set of related system models that help define, design, and document a system under development. These models provide an efficient way to explore, update, and communicate system aspects to fellow System Engineers and business stakeholders (like clients or software engineers) while significantly reducing or eliminating dependence on traditional documents.

When combined with Agile & Lean practices - where the focus is based on adaptive planning and fast-learning and shorter delivery times – Agile & MBSE become a powerful discipline that allows engineers to quickly and incrementally learn about the system under development before the cost of change gets too high.

Join the Continuous Engineering Experts’ Bryan Smith as he welcomes Dr. Bruce Douglass – IBM’s Chief Evangelist for their Watson IoT division – as they discuss the benefits to adopting Agile and Model Based Systems Engineering and how you can get started with aMBSE in your organization.

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0:03:41 – What does it mean to be “Agile” in Systems Engineering? How do you do Agile in a practical way in Systems Engineering?
0:04:48 – What do you mean by “verification & validation” and how important is this when applying Agile in Systems Engineering?
0:06:35 – How do elements like UML and SysML come together in an Agile MBSE (aMBSE) process?
0:14:01 - Where does aMBSE fit within a larger, engineering effort that combines software, firmware and hardware?
0:23:47 – How do organizations get started in adopting Agile MBSE?
0:31:14 – Is there a place for the Harmony aMBSE process and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to work together, or are they inherently different?

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