After an organization makes the decision to adopt model‐based systems engineering (MBSE), it must go a long way before this decision proves right. There are many obstacles in this way, like stories about unsuccessful MBSE applications, insufficient information on how to proceed, and employee resistance to the cultural change to name a few. Neither of them is a true issue, if suitable enablers for MBSE adoption are chosen. Nowadays, MBSE is enabled by Systems Modeling Language (SysML). However, SysML is neither a framework nor a method: it provides no information about the modeling process and thus must be combined with some methodology to become truly applicable. This paper summarizes the experience of various MBSE adoption projects in the form of a new approach for MBSE. The approach is based on the framework organized in a matrix view and is designated to guide system engineers through the modeling process and help them answer the questions, like how to start, how to structure the model, what views to build, which artefacts to deliver, and in what sequence.
When the decision is made to choose MBSE or the task is given to investigate whether MBSE is worth the investment, a long journey begins. The journey that requires knowledge, patience, and guidance to make the paradigm shift (from document-centric to model-based SE) rewarding. The final destination of this journey is prove that MBSE is rewarding in the context of a particular organizational. There are many barriers on the way, such as rumours about unsuccessful applications, too little information available how to proceed, disbelief, and a cultural change. Nowadays, MBSE is enabled by Systems Modelling Language (SysML). However, SysML is neither an architecture framework nor a method. This opens discussions of how to start, how to structure the model, what views to build, which artefacts to deliver and in what sequence. This paper summarizes the experience of different MBSE adoption projects in a form of a new framework for MBSE. The framework is organized in a matrix view and intends to help MBSE pioneers to answer the question "what's next?"
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