MBSE Competencies

Objectives

To understand the need for guidance on application of INCOSE competencies for MBSE.

- Review the current INCOSE material on MBSE competence

- Review roles and associated competence scopes

Need to understand what the output from this working group will be: - Z Guide - Omega Guide - U Guide - Paper - White paper - Don't panic or other book

Team

The MBSE Competencies team currently comprises the following members:

Member	Organisation	Role
Andrew Pemberton	Thales UK	Lead
TBD	TBD	Member
TBD	TBD	Member

Review of INCOSE competency framework

MBSE is considered as a cross cutting technique as defined in the systems engineering handbook. We need to understand what each of the competencies in the INCOSE competency framework (reference needed) means in the context of MBSE.

Here follows a model defining the terms as used in the ISECF v1.

And the description field also includes some ideas of why the various parts of the competency exist:

Modelling

System Analysis

And from the why it matters section

Next we need to look at the competency indicators, effectively what is a person required to demonstrate in order to attain a the levels. Firstly Awareness.

The remaining levels will follow along with the linked indicators (those where they build on an earlier indicator rather than introducing something new)

Initial questions: - To where does Systems analysis provide the data/information? - Systems analysis appears to be almost an afterthought in this competence - Systems analysis is not necessarily the only process to which modelling could be applied. - How does this definition of Systems Analysis match up against he definition given in the SE handbook? - the requirements from the "why it matters" section are focused on the modelling deliverables, again suggesting that system analysis is an afterthought.

Documents

Date	Title	Author	Link
2018	INCOSE Systems Engineering Compentency Handbook	INCOSE	https://connect.incose.org/Pages/Product-Details.aspx?ProductCode=ISECFv1
2015	INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook v4	INCOSE	https://www.incose.org/products-and-publications/se-handbook	-