A Practical Guide to SysML: The Systems Modeling Language (The MK/OMG Press)

By
Sanford Friedenthal, Principal Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Alan Moore, Architecture Modeling Specialist, The MathWorks, Ltd.
Rick Steiner, Engineering Fellow, Raytheon Integrated Defense Services

Description
Systems engineers and architects must understand how all the parts of a system work together to satisfy its requirements. SysML is a general purpose graphical modeling language used to specify, analyze, and design systems that may include hardware, software, and personnel. It allows engineers to describe how a system interacts with its environment, and how its parts must interact to achieve the desired system behavior and performance. The SysML model provides a shared view of the system, enabling a design team to surface issues early and prevent problems that would otherwise delay development and degrade design quality. Since SysML is based on UML, it also facilitates integration between systems and software development. SysML is now being adopted by companies across a broad range of industry, including Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, and IT System Developers.

This book provides a comprehensive and practical guide for modeling systems with SysML. It includes a full description of the language along with a quick reference guide, and shows how the language can be applied to specify, analyze, and design systems. It contains examples to help readers understand how SysML can be used in practice. The book also includes guidance on how an organization or project can transition to model based systems engineering using SysML, with considerations for processes, methods, tools, and training.

Audience:
Systems Engineers and Software Engineers, Designers and Programmers. Particularly the intersection between these two groups, often termed "Systems Software Engineers"



From the back cover:

Until now, little consolidated information has been available on the market regarding SysML. However, this book changes all that! It provides new users with a comprehensive guide to SysML, including a full description of the language itself and detailed instructions on how to implement it. Exercises help readers gain practical experience working with SysML and extensive, real–world examples of actual successful projects demonstrate all the benefits the language can provide.

About the Author:

Sanford Friedenthal is a Principal Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin. 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 Engineering Fellow at Raytheon. He has been a key contributor to the definition and development of the SysML specification, particularly in the area of allocation and requirements.