Simple SysML for Beginners: Using IBM Rhapsody

Overview

Simple SysML for Beginners: Using IBM Rhapsody is for Beginners. This book is for beginning modelers who have just purchased a copy of Rhapsody and are anxious to get started, but otherwise don't know too much about SysML and don't have much experience using Rhapsody or any other similar tool. The purpose of this book is to help the reader get through the initial learning curve and start the reader on the way to becoming proficient at SysML modeling.

The book is designed to be a tool companion for two of the more comprehensive books on SysML:

• SysML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Systems Modeling Language by Lenny Delligatti
• A Practical Guide to SysML, Third Edition: The Systems Modeling Language by Sanford Friedenthal et al

Together, these two books provide in-depth coverage of SysML. However, these books show only finished diagrams. They don’t cover the steps needed to construct the models and the diagrams. These steps can be remarkably complicated; the sequence of steps needed to construct the underlying model for a diagram is often less than obvious when using a real SysML tool. The goal of Simple SysML for Beginners: Using IBM Rhapsody is to get you comfortable enough with IBM Rhapsody and the basics of SysML so that you can confidently construct common models. This book covers all nine SysML diagram types, showing detailed steps to construct simple models that demonstrate key concepts for each diagram type. If you work your way through all of the examples in this book, you should be on a strong footing to tackle more complex modeling problems when they come your way.

Simple SysML for Beginners: Using IBM Rhapsody is a collaboration of three authors. For the IBM Rhaposdy edition of the Simple for Beginners series, David Hetherington is joined by:

• Frank Braun of the Evocean Group. See: https://evocean.com/ Frank brings to the project a wealth of experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE), with the IBM Rhapsody product, and with and the predecessor Telelogic and iLogix products.
• Olivier Casse, a leading independent consultant. Olivier brings to the project more than 30 years of experience with systems for rail, automotive, aerospace/defense, and medical industries.

Leading international MBSE expert Tim Weilkiens has provided the foreword for this book.

IBM® and Rhapsody® are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation.

Benefits

• Foreword by Tim Weilkiens
• quick start with the tool
• simple SysML modeling examples
• 50+ example models
• 400+ annotated screen captures
• solid foundation for further study

Limitations

• Requirements Engineering - This book is not an exhaustive text on requirements engineering. However, the "Further Reading" appendix does list a number of excellent books for deeper understanding of this topic.
• Tool Version - The first edition of this book was authored primarily on Enterprise Architect version 14. There are minor differences in the procedures for later versions of the tool.
• Tool Manual - This is a beginner's introduction and is not a comprehensive reference for every feature of the tool.
• Screen Captures - Most readers appreciate our approach of providing annotated screen captures of the actual tool. However, there are physical technology issues that limit the level of sharpness we can achieve in this format. A small number of readers of previous books in this series have expressed frustration on this point.

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Updated 15 May 2023