Product label: Systems

SysML is a visual modeling language, derived from the UML, particularly intended for the model based development of software intensive systems. The SysML system modelling language is specified and developed by the OMG (Object Management Group) and is supported by INCOSE (International council for System Engineering). The modelling language particularly enables the systematic application and documentation of design logic.

This one day introductory course intends to provide an overview of the various SysML modelling techniques, using simple examples from the automotive and infrastructure domains. Particular attention is paid to modeling software in conjunction with mechanical and electrical engineering aspects.

This training is available for open enrollment as well as for in-company sessions. For in-company sessions, the Introduction to SysML training can be adapted to your situation and special needs.

System Architecting is the art and science of designing and building complex multi-disciplinary systems. The responsibility and the challenge for the System Architect is to translate the requirements of the many stakeholders into a system architecture blueprint, and technically leading a team to engineer, integrate and validate the resulting System-of-Interest. The System Architect will do this based on understanding the problem domain, the business context, the human context, a solid knowledge of the solution domain, technology innovation roadmaps and preceding architectures. The System Architect provides the vision, develops the outline for an integral design, keeps the overview, takes care of the design consistency and provides the context for the development and engineering activities that will be carried out by, sometimes large, multi-disciplinary teams of engineering specialists.

With 2,100+ participants from leading international high-tech companies, this training is one of our most recognized programs. In short, this training stands out due to:

• the use of the multi-disciplinary CAFCR framework for structuring requirements across solution and problem domain

• team-based, iterative exercises culminating in a real-world pitch

• holistic integration of technical, business and human factors—including lean & agile processes

• Professional Development Units (PDUs): 40 PDUs for INCOSE certification renewal

• the expert trainers with deep industry background and hands-on teaching approach
   

This training is designed to let participants themselves experience the System Architect’s role, task, activities and responsibilities in the multi-disciplinary environment. Participants will use instruments, like CAFCR, to tackle architectural issues, like how to balance the many, often conflicting requirements, how to set up a Roadmap and the experience the basics for creating a Business Case.

The course gives a complete overview of the broad playing field and a variety of viewpoints that a System Architect needs to manage. It contains many exercises, worked out in small groups, that help to experience the broadness of the field. The addressed subjects help to understand the influence of the organization structure, the importance of focusing not only on technical aspects but also on business, process and human aspects and how to deal with these multidisciplinary viewpoints.

This training is available for open enrollment as well as for in-company sessions. For in-company sessions, the System Architect(ing) training can be adapted to your situation and special needs.

The key topics of value engineering are profitability, improvement for your business and affordability for your customer.

To reach these goals it is crucial to understand what drives both value and cost. This means translating your customer requirements into value/cost optimized solutions and speeding up your development process. The value-engineering way of working is a valuable add-on to system architecting and systems engineering.

This course is essential for those who work in multi-disciplinary product design teams that aim to launch winning products to the market in a timely manner and improve profitability of existing products.

In-company trainings are also available upon request, for instance, to kick-off new product design teams. Example cases used in the training are designed to be both fun and inspiring.

As an icebreaker, we have participants jump right into a Lego redesign case. With this, course-goers immediately get to experience a large part of the normal development process in a fun new way. Exercises like this aim to shine a light on the methods that will give you deeper insight into the buying behavior of the customer, understanding function, optimizing manufacturability and quality, as well as working with suppliers and more.

We encourage participants to bring their own case. This practical information will be used as an example and greatly increases the learning experience because it appeals to people’s real-life experiences.

Value Engineering: doing the right things right!

 

Configuration management is the way to master the large technical information flows in the product creation process. The technical information that is generated in the joint product creation process is closely linked to specific product characteristics and different stages in the creation process. In successive stages technical information is an expression of requirements, architecture, design, engineering, logistics, manufacturing, use and service knowledge. An excellent established and executed configuration management process has a direct positive impact on product and process quality.

We as technicians create this technical information partly for ourselves, but above all to meet the requirements (input) and to communicate (output) to the next user in the value creation chain. A complex task, given the large and often geographically dispersed teams, the variety of technical and supportive disciplines (logistics, quality control and ICT), the time pressure and the many stakeholders that need to be satisfied. Not to mention the system complexity itself.

Needless to say, jointly managing a very comprehensive product configuration information package is an information logistics challenge.
 

As a natural extension to the Unified Modeling Language (UML) for software modelling and specification, the Object Management Group (OMG), together with its industrial partners, has set a standard for the system modelling language SysML. This language supports the integral modelling and specification of software intensive systems and helps to improve system-architecting practices by enabling systematic model-based systems engineering (MBSE).

Our course System Modelling with SysML aims to provide a basic working knowledge of the various modeling techniques offered in the SysML.

Detailed explanation & relevance

This training is available for open enrollment as well as for in-company sessions. For in-company sessions, the System modelling with SysML training can be adapted to your educational needs.