Integrating MBSE with the Product Lifecycle -- Current Status and Future Issues

Abstract:

Disconnected systems engineering continues to be a major contributing factor in product development problems with systems engineering done outside the product lifecycle or design decisions made without a systems perspective. To resolve this, Siemens is in process of integrating systems engineering methods, models, and tools with product lifecycle management (PLM) so product decisions can benefit from a systems perspective as development happens (vs discovering an oversight late in the development schedule). This presentation will review the current status and direction as well as discuss organizational cultural issues needing resolution to achieve the integrated SE vision.

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Biography:

Mark Sampson is the product manager/evangelist in charge of integrating systems engineering and requirements within the product-lifecycle management (PLM) business at Siemens — enabling systems engineering and requirements to participate/influence all aspects of product development.

Mark has B.S. in Computer Engineering from BYU and an M.S. in Systems Engineering/MIS from USC. His education and 30+ years of work experience at GE, TI, and other organizations around complex electro-mechanical systems exposed him to CAD system development and support where he quickly realized the need for a system-level CAD/CAE environment to cover the critical early development phases of the product life cycle. Mark began working with engineers at Texas Instruments in the early 90's developing a number of patented, systems-oriented CAE features in what they called the SLATE (System Level Automation Tool for Engineers) environment, which went public in 1994. Since that time, Mark has been involved with implementing systems engineering concepts and tools in a variety of organizations including: Northrop Grumman, Intel, P&G, Battelle, GM, Volvo, DOE, J&J, Boeing, CAT, Visteon, Oceaneering, Cisco, Nokia, and others; giving Mark wide experience and lessons in implementing systems engineering and requirements tools in a variety of industries/domains/situations --- a number of which have been built into Siemens’ Teamcenter solutions.

Mark was a founding member of the North Texas chapter of INCOSE (International Council On Systems Engineering) and has served in a variety of leadership roles at both a local and international level including the INCOSE Technical Board overseeing Models and Tools strategies. In that capacity, Mark directed a number of important systems engineering standards efforts including the ISO AP-233 systems engineering data exchange standard and the systems engineering extensions to UML, known as SysML. Currently he chairs INCOSE’s Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) initiative focused on developing/implementing MBSE best practices.

Mark has published a number of articles on automating systems engineering in various journals including INCOSE Symposia, Insight, and IEEE Spectrum. In addition, Mark is an adjunct professor at SMU where he teaches graduate-level systems engineering courses.