A wind of changes blew two weeks ago in the OMG meeting in Reston deciding the future of Unified Profile for DoDAF and MODAF (UPDM). There were a lot of talks about OMG taking over DoDAF and renaming it to UAF; however that is not exactly the truth. DoDAF is here and OMG is not […]
In the traditional systems engineering, or so-called document-based systems engineering, work products are created separately and consistency between these products is maintained manually by the designer(s) of the system. One of the biggest model-based systems engineering ROI is the ability to automatically generate consistent work products out of a systems model. This session demonstrates various […]
Dr. Richard Soley, Chairman and CEO of the Object Management Group (OMG) and Executive Director of the Industrial Internet Consortium, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s No Magic World Symposium, scheduled for June 7-10, 2015. The event, held at the Courtyard by Marriott in Allen, Texas, provides insight into industry technologies as well […]
Lenny Delligatti, the author of SysML Distilled, presents this 26-minute on-demand webinar discussing MBSE ROI. He presents data collected from four aerospace and defense programs. These data provide evidence that there is a higher probability that MBSE will result in a better outcome than the traditional document-based approach. Two roots of MBSE ROI are presented: […]
This time we’d like to share a useful collection of questions and answers that provide you with the basic understanding of MBSE. The slideshow was presented in a Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Board meeting by Elyse Fosse. It explains the main MBSE related aspects from a practitioner perspective. Not only does it cover general questions, […]
The TeleManagement Forum (TMF) has been working as part of their open digital program to define REST application programming interfaces (APIs) in support of multi-partner engagements. Specifications have been created by the members of the TMF API Program and cover the following management areas: The Billing Management API provides standardized mechanisms for billing account, bill item […]
During research and development (R&D), teams often discover similarities among system components within the same or previous projects that can be reused, with the potential of saving on cost and time. The overall development effort can be dramatically reduced by reusing the different artifacts. The ability to have a repository of reusable modelling artifacts and […]
For more than five years now, No Magic has been hosting the annual No Magic World Conference (NMWC) where UML, SysML experts, Business Analysts and Enterprise Architecture industry leaders deliver the information modeling professionals need. This time we want to share a record of David Buckler‘s (CACI) speech along with a slideshow presentation from 2014‘s […]
MBSE (Model Based Systems Engineering) is the future of SE. MBSE helps to improve the productivity of systems developing by moving from document based approach to the modeling. However SysML is neither a modeling methodology nor a framework. Our clients reached the best results using SysML within the Defense Architecture Frameworks. The main identified benefits […]
We’re happy to introduce you to our new plugin that serves the purpose of modeling the structure of documents. Its predecessor, the Model Based Document Generator (MBDG), was developed in 2009 by ESO (European Southern Observatory), ten years after the organization started to implement a “one document” approach. The MBDG plugin for MagicDraw was developed […]
Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is an emerging field of systems engineering for which the System Modeling Language (SysML) is a key enabler for descriptive, prescriptive and predictive models. This paper surveys some of the capabilities, expectations and peculiarities of tools-assisted MBSE experienced in real-life astronomical projects. The examples range in depth and scope across […]
In May 2013, Atrias published the first part of the new Belgian Utility Market Implementation Guide (UMIG) 6. The UMIG 6 describes the new market model and market processes which are designed to handle future evolutions such as installation of smart meters, increase in decentralized production, commercial differentiation in tariffs, etc. Together with the implementation of the […]
Intro to Cameo Collaborator Cameo Collaborator is a new product MagicDraw core team has been working on since April, 2014. It helps team members to review their work by connecting model authors, reviewers, and stakeholders on the web. I am excited to share the information that we have just released the second Alpha version of […]
We continue our series of presentations on No Magic, Inc. products and the different domains they cover. This is a one hour long overview of Cameo Business Modeler product that provides BPMN 2.0 modeling capabilities. At No Magic we believe that the Business Analysts should have products dedicated to their needs. Cameo Business Modeler product […]
Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) promises an increase in productivity by shifting from documents to models as the main means to develop systems. However, in order to reach this promise, an organization has to implement proper standardized practices, which enables productive analysis on models. Organizations not complying with the standardized approach suffer from the loss […]