MBSE & Architecture

The MBSE & Architecture workstream is a joint initiative with the Architecture Working Group, in order to understand the relationship between Model-Based Systems Engineering and Architecture

Objectives

{Provisional Working Objectives}

• Understand the relationship between the two topics
• Provide guidance for Architects working within an MBSE environment
• Influence the development of MBSE approaches, tools and techniques to ensure they meet the concerns of Architects and good Architecture Practice.

Team

The MBSE & Architecture workstream currently comprises the following members:

Member	Organisation	WG Affiliation	Role	Concepts	Digital	Kinds	Landscape	Processes	Transition
Adrian Grace	AWGMentor Consulting	AWG	Contributor	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Toth	JLR	MBSE	Contributor	-	-	-	-	-	P
Billy Coffield	UK MOD	AWG	Contributor	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce McNaughton	Change Aide	MBSE	Contributor	Landscape, Processes, Transition	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Dickerson	Loughborough University	AWG	Contributor	-	-	-	-	Lead	-
Chris Payze	MBDA	Both	Contibutor	-	-	-	-	-	-
Craig Wrigley	SYOS Engineering	MBSE	Reviewer	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Hawyes	Micro Focus	AWG	Contributor	-	-	-	-	-	-
Filippo Farina	Rolls-Royce	MBSE	Contributor	-	-	-	-	-	-
Giulio Valente	Thales	MBSE	Contributor	P	-	-	P	-	-
Graham Bleakley	IBM	Both	Contributor	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hao Liang	Loughborough University	AWG	Contributor	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iain Cunningham	Vector	Both	Contributor	Transition	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Clark	MBDA	MBSE	MBSE IG Co-Chair	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Hillman	BAE Systems	Both	Contributor	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Towers	Scarecrow Consultants	MBSE	MBSE WG Co-Chair & Theme Lead (Transition)	Concepts, Transition, Kinds	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Gollaglee	MBDA	Both	Workstream Co-Chair	Digital, Landscape, Processes	-	-	-	-	-
Jon Cashmore	Ocado	MBSE	Reviewer	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jon Symons	Rolls-Royce	MBSE	Contributor	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Tickner	Visteon	MBSE	Reviewer	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Wilkinson	BAE Systems	AWG	AWG Co-Chair & Theme Lead (Concepts)	Concepts, Digital, Kinds	-	-	-	-	-
Mole Li	Rolls-Royce	MBSE	Contributor	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Burt	Qinetiq	MBSE	Contributor	P	-	-	-	-	-
Nic Plum	Eclectica Systems	AWG	Contributor	Landscape, Transition	-	-	-	-	-
Philip Jackman	Leonardo	Both	Contributor	Transition	-	-	-	-	-
Philip Wilson	BAE Systems	Both	Contributor	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Powley	Coventry University	MBSE	Contributor	-	-	-	P	-	-
Tanya Galliara	SYSTRA Scott Lister	Both	Contributor	-	-	-	-	-	-
Urte Steponkute	Leonardo	MBSE	Workstream Co-Chair & Theme Lead (Landscape)	Landscape, Transition	-	-	-	-	-
Vicky Anderson	Kispie Space	MBSE	Reviewer	-	-	-	-	-	-
Warren Quinn	Roke	AWG	Theme Lead (Digital Engineering)	Digital, Processes	-	-	-	-	-
Yike Fang	ZF	MBSE	Contributor	-	-	-	-	-	-

Themes

The group is currently engaged in investigating the following themes:

• Architecture & MBSE Concepts - An investigation of the key concepts, scope and overlap between 'Architecture' & 'MBSE'
• Architecture Landscape - An investigation into the landscape of architecture frameworks, modelling languages, ontologies and tools
• Architecting Processes - Investigation into different architecting processes using models
• Transition - Guidance on the considerations required to manage the transition from document-centric architecting to model-based architecting
• Model Kinds - Investigation into the different kinds of models and how they should be used, including automation
• Digital Engineering - Investigation into how architecture and models fit as part of 'Digital Engineering’ (See also: Digital Twin & Thread)

Status Reports

• MBSE & Architecture Plenery 05.11.19
• MBSE & Architecture Plenery 15.01.20

External Publications

Year	Title	Author	Scope	Link	Notes
2019	Architecture Definition in Complex System Design Using Model Theory	Dickerson et al.	Architecture & MBSE	Link

Other Resources

• UK AWG Wiki
• INCOSE Central AWG
• SEBoK entry on System Architecture