INCOSE TWG, RIG, APTA SE Webinar May 2023: Interoperability between your favorite System Engr Tools

International Council of Systems Engineering – Transportation Working Group
2023 Monthly Webinar Series – May 18th, 2023
Joint webinar with:
– American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Systems Engineering Subcommittee, and
– INCOSE UK Railway Interest Group

Connecting the Dots: Interoperability between your favourite Systems Engineering tools

Presenter: José Pereira
José graduated in a Bilingual Software Engineering Degree from the UC3M. INCOSE ASEP Certified. First author of the thesis and book “Applying the Knowledge Centric Engineering Systems Methodology” to a practical case. 2.5 years’ worth of experience in Systems Engineering.

Abstract:
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, Interoperability can be defined as: “The degree to which two products, programs, etc. can be used together, or the quality of being used to be used together.” As described previously, applying this concept to Systems Engineering can certainly be complicated, due to the sheer number of different tools used for each specific task. However, through the use of tools, such as SES ENGINEERING Studio, there are potential solutions to this problem applicable to business domains such as rail and transportation.

In the SES environment, what is referred to as a "Single Source of Truth" in the systems engineering domain (the latest version, detailed information regarding a particular process, etc.) will ALWAYS be managed inside the corresponding external tools, which possess the most suitable and advanced capabilities to achieve so.

With every Single Source of Truth managed within the external tools, the SES ENGINEERING Studio performs the role of the Synchronized Source of Truth, providing connectivity and interoperability to and between every source, by offering both, operation, and transformation functionalities, and being always synchronized with them.

Considering these capabilities, having to re-iterate over resources & information already generated in previous project phases becomes a thing of the past. Every element defined, regardless of the source type, can be operated with and transformed into its corresponding counterpart.