Systems engineers routinely treat all systems as if the principles used to design systems are created and applied by human designers. But the principles of systems design are derived from the way systems function in the natural world. This is most sharply illustrated when a system design is altered to …

Requirements management is made easier when model-based systems engineering is based on a systems metamodel. An MBSE tool with a systems metamodel behind it is thoroughly integrated, allowing us to be more rigorous and deliberate in our systems engineering efforts. Last month, I discussed the process of refining requirements using …

After 15 years of practice, there is still a great deal of confusion surrounding model-based systems engineering – not only what MBSE is but also the difficulty of application. Some see MBSE as simple, the only possible way they could imagine engineering a system of any scale. Others perceive it …

Here is a 4 minute video that conveys the main points of this blog post. As the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) looms large on the public radar screen, it consumes a greater and greater share of our attention. We tend to get swept up in the drama and emotion unfolding like …