- Paperback: 576 pages
- Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (5 Sep 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0123743796
- ISBN-13: 978-0123743794
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.8 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"SysML is the new industry-standard language designed specifically to support modern systems engineering. I cannot imagine a better way to learn SysML than to read about it from the masters: Friedenthal, Moore, and Steiner led the design of this important new language and now cap that effort with this comprehensive and highly readable guide for both novices and experts." -Bran Selic, Malina Software Corporation "This book is just the ticket you need to get started on the road to adopting standards-based, model-based systems engineering (MBSE) methods. The authors have done an outstanding job in providing detailed coverage of the SysML language and semantics supported through worked examples." -Jeff Estefan, Principal Engineer, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory "The authors of this book have been invovlded in SysML development since its inception, and have the understanding necessary to explain it clearly. In particular, the activity diagrams chapter accurately and concisely describes the SysML extensions to UML for functional flow modeling." -Conrad Bock, OMG Lead for Activity Modeling in SysML
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Systems engineers and architects must understand how all the parts of a system work together to satisfy its requirements. SysML is a general purpose graphical modeling language used to specify, analyze, and design systems that may include hardware, software, and personnel. It allows engineers to describe how a system interacts with its environment, and how its parts must interact to achieve the desired system behavior and performance. The SysML model provides a shared view of the system, enabling a design team to surface issues early and prevent problems that would otherwise delay development and degrade design quality. Since SysML is based on UML, it also facilitates integration between systems and software development. SysML is now being adopted by companies across a broad range of industry, including Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, and IT System Developers.
This book provides a comprehensive and practical guide for modeling systems with SysML. It includes a full description of the language along with a quick reference guide, and shows how the language can be applied to specify, analyze, and design systems. It contains examples to help readers understand how SysML can be used in practice. The book also includes guidance on how an organization or project can transition to model based systems engineering using SysML, with considerations for processes, methods, tools, and training.
*The authoritative guide for understanding and applying SysML
*Authored by the foremost experts on the language
*Language description, examples, and quick reference guide included
This book provides a comprehensive and practical guide for modeling systems with SysML. It includes a full description of the language along with a quick reference guide, and shows how the language can be applied to specify, analyze, and design systems. It contains examples to help readers understand how SysML can be used in practice. The book also includes guidance on how an organization or project can transition to model based systems engineering using SysML, with considerations for processes, methods, tools, and training.
*The authoritative guide for understanding and applying SysML
*Authored by the foremost experts on the language
*Language description, examples, and quick reference guide included
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was trained last year on SysML but until this year I hadn't used it in anger. As with all tutor led course the structure and meaning of the handouts are in the course and revisiting them is often more confusing than it is enlightening.
So I searched for a book and found two, however as I wanted something that would help me put SysML into practice I plumped for this one and not the sister publication aimed at the same level as my course.
First things first, what I hoped for in this book was a pick up, read, do type book. Unfortunately it isn't.
The title of practical SysML is somewhat misleading. Yes there are plenty of examples but they still put a lot of background stuff about SysML in the book which frankly I'm not bothered about.
All I want to know is that I'm using the language and the tool set as I should be.
To this end a themed example throughout the book would have worked better - however I appreciate that this tends to be avoided by publishers of modelling languages as it niches the book. However it does offer an example section but again its not that easy to just pick up - take what you need and move on, it requires time set aside to read, review and learn.
Don't get me wrong I've found the book useful as a reference when I'm tackling something new but as value for money goes I can't say its great.
Perhaps in time as I use SysML and this book more my view will change, however I needed this book to speed my learning and I can't say it has.
So I searched for a book and found two, however as I wanted something that would help me put SysML into practice I plumped for this one and not the sister publication aimed at the same level as my course.
First things first, what I hoped for in this book was a pick up, read, do type book. Unfortunately it isn't.
The title of practical SysML is somewhat misleading. Yes there are plenty of examples but they still put a lot of background stuff about SysML in the book which frankly I'm not bothered about.
All I want to know is that I'm using the language and the tool set as I should be.
To this end a themed example throughout the book would have worked better - however I appreciate that this tends to be avoided by publishers of modelling languages as it niches the book. However it does offer an example section but again its not that easy to just pick up - take what you need and move on, it requires time set aside to read, review and learn.
Don't get me wrong I've found the book useful as a reference when I'm tackling something new but as value for money goes I can't say its great.
Perhaps in time as I use SysML and this book more my view will change, however I needed this book to speed my learning and I can't say it has.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
A Good Companion
16 Oct 2008
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Often, you can tell the value of a book by what shape it's in. My copy of A Practical Guide to SysML is pretty beat up. Not only does it have a lot of my own scribbling in the margins and blue and yellow highlighting (blue for things to come back and skim and yellow for things to absolutely visit again), it has coffee, peach and other various stains. This book resides in my brief case (my satchel bag) and goes with me ("A Good Companion") when I have to accompany my wife on errands (if I am 30 minutes in any place I will read a passage or two). With this book and an iPod, I can handle anything including long waits in any airport or any delays anywhere.
Sandy and the team do an outstanding job of introducing the reader into one of the most important new System Engineering tools available today; SysML. As pointed out by others, it's not just about software anymore, it often about architectures and the enterprise. As the trends in system development move from platform centric to NetCentric, as work for organizations moves from individuals to collaborative enterprise efforts and as we all try to improve our processes and add value to collaborative efforts, a model of "what we're doing" becomes so important. The team does an outstanding job of presenting the concept of Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) in Chapter 2 and providing a great example to follow in the subsequent chapters. Throughout the book, the explanation of the diagrams and concepts are thorough and easy to understand. I thank the authors for making it interesting and relevant.
For those just starting in the field, this book is an outstanding accompaniment to any of the SysML CASE tools that are emerging. In fact, I highly recommend to anybody who is going to be working in the System Engineering field (be it automotive, aerospace, civil engineering, architecture, software, disaster relief, etc.) to keep a copy of this book handy in case you get delayed some place and want make use of some spare time.
Frank C. Alvidrez, CEA
Lancaster, CA
Post Scrip (Feb 09) - I had the great fortune of attending a two day intense INCOSE sponsored tutorial on SysML taught by Sandy in Old Town Pasadena Nov 08. Wow, what a drink from the knowledge fire hose. Sandy's insight in model organization (using block diagrams for domain modeling) of complex projects was just one stunning eye opener. If anybody gets a chance to attend of one these, do it.
- Frank
Sandy and the team do an outstanding job of introducing the reader into one of the most important new System Engineering tools available today; SysML. As pointed out by others, it's not just about software anymore, it often about architectures and the enterprise. As the trends in system development move from platform centric to NetCentric, as work for organizations moves from individuals to collaborative enterprise efforts and as we all try to improve our processes and add value to collaborative efforts, a model of "what we're doing" becomes so important. The team does an outstanding job of presenting the concept of Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) in Chapter 2 and providing a great example to follow in the subsequent chapters. Throughout the book, the explanation of the diagrams and concepts are thorough and easy to understand. I thank the authors for making it interesting and relevant.
For those just starting in the field, this book is an outstanding accompaniment to any of the SysML CASE tools that are emerging. In fact, I highly recommend to anybody who is going to be working in the System Engineering field (be it automotive, aerospace, civil engineering, architecture, software, disaster relief, etc.) to keep a copy of this book handy in case you get delayed some place and want make use of some spare time.
Frank C. Alvidrez, CEA
Lancaster, CA
Post Scrip (Feb 09) - I had the great fortune of attending a two day intense INCOSE sponsored tutorial on SysML taught by Sandy in Old Town Pasadena Nov 08. Wow, what a drink from the knowledge fire hose. Sandy's insight in model organization (using block diagrams for domain modeling) of complex projects was just one stunning eye opener. If anybody gets a chance to attend of one these, do it.
- Frank
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Review of Part I
6 Sep 2008
Format:Paperback
So far, I have read all of part one and sizeable portions of subsequent text. Part One, about 60 pages long, is one of the best introductions to a very technical book aimed at the semi-technical audience. Through example, easy-to-follow diagrams & well-written English, the authors nearly seduce their readership into wanting to master the remainder of this long systems engineering text focussed on a highly-regard industry standard (OMG SysML). Part one is suitable for assignment as a week's worth of reading in Undergraduate and Graduate courses in Systems Engineering.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Systems Modeling
17 Sep 2008
Format:Paperback
The book is a key addition to anyone's library working with complex systems or dealing with systems and software engineering. It is also an important book for business analysts and other engineering disciplines to understand how their contribution and knowledge can be modeled, documented, orchestrated and managed as part of a larger ecosystem. The largest factor affecting our development of modern systems is software and systems integration. The text provides a pragmatic modeling language to remove ambiguity and uncertainty in our organically evolving world of information technology whether you are dealing with embedded software, systems of systems, or high computational systems. The applicability of the principles espoused can be applied to facilities, transportation & warehousing, ergonomics, work design, safety, quality, supply chain, product life cycle, manufacturing, financial, maintenance, and health care systems. The "Green" Initiatives for public as well as private institutions is another application across several industries where the SysML language could be used in its parametric and requirements diagrams. It was excellent in not only describing the models but also applying the models to describe the interdependence of the behavioral and structural complexities we deal with as professional engineers or information technologists. The examples in the book are an excellent base for graduate students, professionals, and newcomers to the field. The text provides excellent examples in using SysML. The layout and sequence of the material was done well providing a very intuitive pattern of application making it easier to absorb and translate to one's environment. The quick reference section is incredibly valuable. Chapter 1 and 3 as well as 17 is a must for business analysts, systems, and software engineers at minimum. I look forward to more material from these authors to help advance the application of the management of technology and SysML.
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