The document discusses building a system engineering workbench to manage complex systems. It recommends using standards like SysML and UML for system definition, but also developing custom domain-specific languages when needed. The workbench should provide links between the system model, requirements, code, performance, safety and quality domains. Data and tools from different domains can be integrated using Eclipse plugins, and standards like EMF and CDO enable sharing models between teams. Process integration and handling large amounts of data are identified as areas for future work.

1. Make your own system engineering
workbench
Mélanie Bats,

2. Who am I ?

3. Complex systems ?

4. Multi-Activities & Multi-Domains
Mechanics Software
ManagementProcess, Quality...

5. Managing Complexity
What you want
You explain
They understand
You get

6. ●
Master the increasing number of
interactions
– Share know-how
– Enhance Communication
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Between teams
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In extended entreprise
– Avoid breaks in the process
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Adopt a « platform » approach
– Address different issues
– While keeping a common referential
Managing Complexity

7. A complex system = Wall-E
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Independent Robot
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Mission : clean the Earth
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Must use solar energy
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Protect itself when encounter
danger
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Communicate with other robots
and humans

8. You are unique
Your workbench too !

9. Build a specific workbench
Manage Requirements
Describe the system :
– System : SysML
– Software : UML ...
Provide tools for different
domains and navigation
Generate documents
for Quality assessment
Wall-E workbench

10. Requirements
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Integrate RMF (Requirements Modeling Framework)
– based on the OMG ReqIF standard
– ProR editor for requirements engineering

11. System Definition : Use standards
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Use existing standards available in Eclipse
– SysML :
http://dev.eclipse.org/svnroot/modeling/org.eclipse.mdt.pap
yrus/trunk/plugins/sysml
– UML :
http://dev.eclipse.org/svnroot/modeling/org.eclipse.mdt.pap
yrus/trunk/plugins/uml

12. System Definition :
Need custom tools
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Eclipse Extension points
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Fork existing tools

13. ●
Use DSL to complete standards
– Create new DSL with EMF
– Integrate it to graphical modeler
– Create textual modeler with Xtext
System Definition : your own DSLs

14. ●
Use DSL to complete standards
– Create new DSL with EMF
– Integrate it to graphical modeler
– Create textual modeler with Xtext
System Definition : your own DSLs

15. ●
Use DSL to complete standards
– Create new DSL with EMF
– Integrate it to graphical modeler
– Create textual modeler with Xtext
System Definition : your own DSLs

16. Multi-Domain links
Safety
Quality, Process
...
System
Code
Performance

17. Multi-Domain links : System/Code
Generate code from UML model using Acceleo

18. Multi-Domain links :
System/Performance/Code
New DSL to specify timing constraints on UML model

19. Multi-Domain links :
Safety/System/Requirements
Link the Safety analysis
to the System model and
to the Requirements

20. Multi-Domain links : Quality, Process
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Generate documentation with GenDoc2
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Keep documentation consistency with Mylyn Intent

21. Multi-Domain links : Quality, Process
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Generate documentation with GenDoc2
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Keep documentation coherency with Mylyn Intent

22. Open to other tools
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Eclipse based tools :
Symtas ...
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Free-software :
OpenPSA ...
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Proprietary software :
Statemate,
Matlab/Simulink ...
Interoperability

23. Share data ?
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CDO
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Git, SVN
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EMF Compare...

24. ●
Use standards or custom ?
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Profile or DSL ?
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How to keep consistency between inter- domain data ?
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How to work with a large amount of data ?
Warnings

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Use standards or custom ?
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Profile or DSL ?
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How to keep consistency between inter- domain data ?
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How to work with a large amount of data ?
Warnings

26. ●
Use standards or custom ?
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Profile or DSL ?
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How to keep consistency between inter- domain data ?
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How to work with a large amount of data ?
Warnings

27. ●
Use standards or custom ?
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Profile or DSL ?
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How to keep consistency between inter- domain data ?
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How to work with a large amount of data ?
Warnings

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Thanks to the Eclipse constellation !
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Missing : integration between tools and process
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Future ?
– EPF to describe the process
– Tool as Mylyn Context to link tool to process step ?
Conclusion

29. Contact :
melanie.bats@obeo.fr
Questions ?
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