MANAGING PRODUCT COMPLEXITY

MODEL‐BASEDSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

86%of surveyed companies have formal engineering initiatives to deal with product complexity and risk

Formal initiative vs no formal initiative

86%

14%

83% have deployed Model-Based Systems Engineering practices

86%

57.1%

18.4%16.3%

8.2%

Group/Department

Individual

Not Deployed

Enterprise Wide

WHAT IS MBSE?

Modeling and continuous validation applied

to all systemengineering activities

System definition no longer resides in static documents, but rather

in a living model

Product quality

Management of product complexity

Communication of designs

Knowledge capture and re‐use

SYSTEM MODELING LANGUAGES

SysMLa clear favorite

BUSINESS VALUE OF MBSE

Software groups consistently ranked the business value of MBSE in all areas to be higher than electrical and hardware groups.

SoftwareElectricalHardware

Better traceability of decision making

Improved risk management

Higher product quality

Improved organizational collaboration

Better able to meet contract requirements

Reduced errors in production & delivery

Shorter product design cycle

Lower cost of engineering change

Reduced product introduction costs

Improved regulatory compliance reporting

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120%

Benefits of MBSEWeighted Magnitude of MBSE Benefits Reported by Design Domain (Note: May total more than 100% because some respondents reported benefits in more than one domain)

Source:CIMData Survey, November 2014

SystemValidation

Requirements &Specifications

System Functional& Architectural

Design

Sub-SystemDesign

Detailed Design & Optimization

Sub-SystemIntegration &Verification

ComponentIntegration &

Verification

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