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that can impose common requirewhich incorporates a model-centric
ments but can also help systems work
approach to integrate technical, protogether through interface protocols.
grammatic, and business concerns."
The INCOSE Standards Initiative proINCOSE established its MBSE Inivides leading industry experts the
tiative to carry out its vision. It includopportunity to share SE knowledge
ed building teams to address different
and develop voluntary, consensusaspects of MBSE, such as methodolobased, market-relevant international
gy and metrics, model management
standards that support innovation
and modeling standards, and groups
and solutions to global challenges,
that meet the unique needs of differwhile working to advance and harmoent industry domains, such as the bionize these standards on a global scale.
medical area, space systems, and
INCOSE liaises with standardsmore. Since 2007, INCOSE has held an
developing organizations, contribut- Figure 1. INCOSE President Alan
annual MBSE Workshop as an inteing to the development of standards Harding discusses the Systems
gral part of its International Workand technical reports and planning Engineering Vision 2025.
shop that continues to grow in
for new work items related to SE stanpopularity and diversity (Figures 1
dards. For example, the International Organization for
and 2). The initiative has also facilitated a growing body of
Standardization (ISO) defines INCOSE's role in a Category
knowledge on MBSE that is reflected in a significant numA liaison to ISO/International Electrotechnical Commisber of papers in the proceedings of INCOSE's annual Intersion (IEC) JTC 1/SC 7 as being an organization "that
national Symposium.
makes an effective contribution to the work of the techniINCOSE has established a relationship with the Internacal committee or subcommittee" [3]. INCOSE also nomitional Association for the Engineering Modeling, Analysis,
nates experts to participate in WGs. INCOSE members
and Simulation Community (NAFEMS) for collaboration in
serve as conveners of WGs and as editors of and experts
the advancement of engineering simulation and modelon multiple standards.
based SE. This collaboration includes the implementation
Participation in OMG and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Security
of a joint cross-organizational WG on systems modeling
standards work is also considered both relevant and
and simulation. NAFEMS will launch a new international
important. OMG defines modeling standards that support
technical WG in concert with INCOSE to promote a deeper
MBSE. With INCOSE's sponsorship and SE domain experunderstanding of lifelike behavior to integrate mechanical
tise, the OMG adopted the Systems Modeling Language
analysis and simulation within its MBSE initiative. Addi(SysML) in 2007. This collaboration has resulted in the
tionally, through this collaboration NAFEMS and INCOSE
development of other modeling standards, such as the Uniwill provide mutual assistance and support for international
fied Architecture Framework and the Requirements Interstandards and develop a joint approach for interfacing with
change Format, and is now focused on the next generation
other organizations in related professional areas. In 2013,
of SysML (version two), including improvements in the prethrough interaction with INCOSE, the SMCS established a
cision, interoperability, and usability of the language.
Technical Committee on MBSE. That committee seeks to
These standards are implemented in tools that impact the
enable complex socio-technical SE, with a focus on formal
daily practice of SE. SC 27's scope is to develop standards
for the protection of information as well as information
and communication technology infrastructure. Although
much of the work focuses on cybersecurity and information technology, there is increasing recognition that systems engineers must address security concerns at the
earliest stages, designing security into the system and
throughout the life cycle.
Transforming to a Model-Based Discipline
INCOSE has been committed to the leadership of MBSE
for over a decade, recognizing it as a key part of its strategic initiative to transform SE into a model-based discipline. In the INCOSE document "A World in Motion:
Systems Engineering Vision 2025" that was published in
2014 [4], MBSE is recognized as part of the broader digital revolution, where "Systems modeling will form the
product-centric backbone of the digital enterprise

Figure 2. INCOSE President-Elect Garry Roedler

addresses the participants of the INCOSE International
Workshop 2017.

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