Collective understanding of system behavior : incorporating simulations in conceptual systems design

Haveman, Steven Pieter

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“…28 The systems architecture definition occurs in the concept phase and is one of the key activities in this phase. 29 The role of systems architecture in the concept phase is becoming increasingly important as new products are becoming more complex and multidisciplinary and go through shorter development cycles. 30 Madni describes systems architecting as an integrative, decisionrich activity that requires continuous generation and evaluation of options.…”

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“…Sillitto states that the systems architecture is not an end in its own right, merely a means to enable the creation of successful systems 28 . The systems architecture definition occurs in the concept phase and is one of the key activities in this phase 29 . The role of systems architecture in the concept phase is becoming increasingly important as new products are becoming more complex and multidisciplinary and go through shorter development cycles 30 …”

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Conceptual modeling to support system‐level decision‐making: An industrial case study from the Norwegian energy domain

Engen

Müller

Falk

2022

Systems Engineering

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This article explores conceptual modeling to support system‐level decision‐making during concept evaluation. The system‐level decisions made in the concept phases decide most of the systems' value and cost. The context for our research is the Norwegian energy domain. Through an industrial case study in a global subsea system supplier company, we have explored conceptual modeling to support system‐level decision‐making in the conceptual phase. From the insights and learnings gained in the industry case, the article proposes an approach for using conceptual modeling to support System‐Level Decision‐Making. Further, the article presents three examples of applications to demonstrate the use of the approach. To evaluate the approach's usefulness in the industrial setting, we conducted a survey of 37 engineers in the company of research. The engineers perceive that using the approach would improve awareness of the system context and support a holistic mindset. Furthermore, the engineers perceive the conceptual models as efficient for knowledge sharing and communication, especially in meetings between technical and non‐technical personnel. The engineers identify simplicity as a top benefit of the approach but also as a concern. Balancing the need for abstracting with the need for being specific is a crucial challenge in modeling. The survey also shows concerns about the implementation of the approach and the effort required to use the approach in daily work. The primary outcome of the research is insights into how conceptual modeling can support system‐level decision‐making in the industrial context.

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Section: Systems Architecting and System-level Decision-makingmentioning

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Conceptual modeling to support system‐level decision‐making: An industrial case study from the Norwegian energy domain

Engen

Müller

Falk

2022

Systems Engineering

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“…Further work is needed to test the A3AOs in an actual study in order to evaluate its supportiveness in a real case. To further benefit from the A3AO, the company should develop A3AOs on lower levels and link them back to the top-level view (Haveman, 2015). Lower-level views should contain specific information and more details about the connection system and its surrounding elements.…”

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“…The A3AOs includes four essential views, including functional, physical, operational, and quantification view. These views were chosen based on recommendations from literature that have previously applied conceptual modeling in the early stages of systems engineering (Haveman, 2015) (Borches, 2010) (Heemels & Muller, 2006). In addition, we included a view presenting pros and cons of each concept, based on needs extracted from the interviews.…”

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“…Applications of A3AOs. Applications of A3AOs have proven to be valuable in various complex engineering domains, such as automotive (Pesselse, et al, 2019), software (Viken & Muller, 2018), maritime (Frøvold, et al, 2017), and space exploration (Haveman, 2015). Recent studies have also shown beneficial impact of applying architectural reasoning (Muller, 2018) and the A3AO method in the oil and gas industry (Boge & Falk, 2019) (Løndal & Falk, 2018) (Muller, et al, 2015).…”

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Application of A3 Architecture Overviews in Subsea Front‐End Engineering Studies: A Case Study

Haugland

Engen

2021

INCOSE International Symp

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This research investigates the application of A3 Architecture Overviews (A3AOs) in subsea front-end engineering studies. A3AO is a valuable method to support multi-disciplinary communication and share architectural knowledge in complex engineering domains. The method captures key information of an overall system and displays the system overview in a standard A3 format. In this paper, we investigate the beneficial impact a global subsea supplier can gain by applying A3AO as part of their concept evaluation process in the early phase study. Through interviews and a survey, we identified company's main challenges in concept evaluation of tie-in and connection system. We then applied the A3AO method to investigate its mitigating effect in early phase concept evaluation. We found that the company resources found the A3AO to provide a holistic system overview and support knowledge sharing. Overall, our research supports the use of A3AO as a method to promote common understanding.

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Communicating behavior of systems with the COMBOS-method

Haveman

Bonnema

2016

Advanced Engineering Informatics

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Collective understanding of system behavior : incorporating simulations in conceptual systems design

Cited by 8 publications

References 97 publications

Conceptual modeling to support system‐level decision‐making: An industrial case study from the Norwegian energy domain

Conceptual modeling to support system‐level decision‐making: An industrial case study from the Norwegian energy domain

Application of A3 Architecture Overviews in Subsea Front‐End Engineering Studies: A Case Study

Communicating behavior of systems with the COMBOS-method

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