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= Attendees =
 
= Attendees =
 
   
 
   
John Davies, Simon Wright, Andrew Farncombe, Sarwar Ahmad.
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John Davies, Simon Wright, Andrew Farncombe, Sarwar Ahmad, Neil Hunter.
  
 
= New INCOSE UK Website =
 
= New INCOSE UK Website =
There had been problems with the introduction of the new site.  The most serious was setting up the meeting and bookings.  These should not be cleared.  The opportunity has been taken to update the standard information about the SSE Working Group.
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The new website and utilities have been tested.
  
== New management functions ==
 
 
The new website allows the group admin to:
 
The new website allows the group admin to:
*Send emails out to all members of the group - replacing the e-mailer system that had to go via dot-the-eye
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*send emails out to all members of the group - replacing the e-mailer system that had to go via dot-the-eye
*Send emails to a closed list of people who are not members of the group
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*send emails to a closed list of people who are not members of the group
 
*post and remove documents linked to the website
 
*post and remove documents linked to the website
 
*provide a 'discussion' facility for members to discuss issues/ make people aware of items etc.
 
*provide a 'discussion' facility for members to discuss issues/ make people aware of items etc.
*Set up and manage Members and Administrators
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*set up and manage members and administrators.
  
== General feedback ==
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These have been trialled using a 'Working from Home' project.  Several faults were found and fixed by dot-the-eye.
There is not a lot different in terms of functionality for members, but it should make the admin easier. The Data Protection is improved.
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= Working from Home =
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As this applied to everyone, a trial to specify a Working From Home 'Service', capture a structure and identify issues was started using the INCOSE facilities for developing, updating, commenting etc. This lasted a month but did not attract much input, so was abandoned.
  
 
= Relationship of SSE to MBSE =
 
= Relationship of SSE to MBSE =
  
* The Relationship of Service Systems Engineering with Model Based Systems Engineering =was discussed at the last two meetings.  It was decided to talk to/work with members of the MBSE Working Group but this has not happened. Mostly due to priorities and pressures of 'day jobs'
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JD attended a number of seminars given by the MBSE working group and a MBSE Working Group Meeting. 'Services' are not part of the basic MBSE approach, but like other areas they can/could be developed and work with the standard structure developed for MBSE.  This would require the basic Service Definition map to be tailored and augmented to provide an ontology for services.  Similar approaches have been used in other areas such as Safety Engineering. There is an issue about developing new areas from scratch, without taking into account existing standards.
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= INCOSE Meetings =
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JD presented the work of the Service Systems Engineering group to the UKAB on 6th October.  It went fairly well, but the lack of interaction between the speaker and audience was noted.  This was partly due to the use of remote meeting capability, and the speaker's style of trying to involve the audience.
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= Archimate =
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The use of Archimate for modelling services was discussed. The following emerged:
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* it has not been used within the Group, but some group members use it or are involved in programmes where it is used. It was raised at the UKAB presentation.
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* it was developed by The Open Group and links to ToGAF methodology
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* its terminology is more directed at services than SysML
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* SysML is losing favour in many Systems Engineering activities
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* the available entities are better suited to services
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* it is being widely used.
  
* The relationship between the two can be understood as MBSE having a formal framework and tool support for the system requirements, design and testing, and SSE covering all aspects of systems provided by services.
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It was agreed to do further investigation, possibly into a comparison with use of SysML.
  
* The Ontology for Service Systems need to be developed and understood.
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= Work for next meeting =
  
* The work done on Definitions for Services and the relationships between these definitions is not the same as the Ontology needed for MBSL, but is still an important aspect of the SSE work.
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*JD to attend Group Chairs meeting on 19th November and report on views of ASEC2020 if possible
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*SW to investigate use of Archimate and liaise with SA
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*NH to produce Strawman for presenting SSE activity/outputs
  
 
= Date of next meeting =
 
= Date of next meeting =
  
6th April 2020, Filton 10-30 to 14-30
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11th January 2021, via Webex 14:00 to 16:00.

Latest revision as of 18:19, 6 November 2020

Contents

[edit] Attendees

John Davies, Simon Wright, Andrew Farncombe, Sarwar Ahmad, Neil Hunter.

[edit] New INCOSE UK Website

The new website and utilities have been tested.

The new website allows the group admin to:

  • send emails out to all members of the group - replacing the e-mailer system that had to go via dot-the-eye
  • send emails to a closed list of people who are not members of the group
  • post and remove documents linked to the website
  • provide a 'discussion' facility for members to discuss issues/ make people aware of items etc.
  • set up and manage members and administrators.

These have been trialled using a 'Working from Home' project. Several faults were found and fixed by dot-the-eye.

[edit] Working from Home

As this applied to everyone, a trial to specify a Working From Home 'Service', capture a structure and identify issues was started using the INCOSE facilities for developing, updating, commenting etc. This lasted a month but did not attract much input, so was abandoned.

[edit] Relationship of SSE to MBSE

JD attended a number of seminars given by the MBSE working group and a MBSE Working Group Meeting. 'Services' are not part of the basic MBSE approach, but like other areas they can/could be developed and work with the standard structure developed for MBSE. This would require the basic Service Definition map to be tailored and augmented to provide an ontology for services. Similar approaches have been used in other areas such as Safety Engineering. There is an issue about developing new areas from scratch, without taking into account existing standards.

[edit] INCOSE Meetings

JD presented the work of the Service Systems Engineering group to the UKAB on 6th October. It went fairly well, but the lack of interaction between the speaker and audience was noted. This was partly due to the use of remote meeting capability, and the speaker's style of trying to involve the audience.

[edit] Archimate

The use of Archimate for modelling services was discussed. The following emerged:

  • it has not been used within the Group, but some group members use it or are involved in programmes where it is used. It was raised at the UKAB presentation.
  • it was developed by The Open Group and links to ToGAF methodology
  • its terminology is more directed at services than SysML
  • SysML is losing favour in many Systems Engineering activities
  • the available entities are better suited to services
  • it is being widely used.

It was agreed to do further investigation, possibly into a comparison with use of SysML.

[edit] Work for next meeting

  • JD to attend Group Chairs meeting on 19th November and report on views of ASEC2020 if possible
  • SW to investigate use of Archimate and liaise with SA
  • NH to produce Strawman for presenting SSE activity/outputs

[edit] Date of next meeting

11th January 2021, via Webex 14:00 to 16:00.

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