Experiences and Lessons from Introducing Model-Based Analysis in Brown-Field Product Family Development

Jacques Verriet, Bram van der Sanden, Gijs van der Veen, André van Splunter, Sam Lousberg, Martijn Hendriks, Twan Basten, Twan Basten

2023

Abstract

Product family development facilitates reuse across all phases of systems engineering; in case of model-based systems engineering, this reuse involves the models as well. Introducing a model-based way of working is challenging, especially for product family development. This paper describes a case of introducing a modelbased way of working in brown-field product family development. We explain how we developed a master model, i.e. a library of model elements, to predict and optimize the productivity of a family of industrial production systems. Using this master model, we construct models of existing and yet-to-be-developed product family members by configuring and combining the appropriate library elements. We use system and model execution traces to validate the productivity models. For this, we developed a master transformation, i.e. a library of execution trace transformation rules, to unify system and model execution traces. Besides the master model and the master transformation, we present lessons learned regarding the introducing a model-based way of working. This proves both technically and organizationally complex, especially for brown-field product family development, but besides the intended prediction and optimization, it brings benefits with respect to capturing domain knowledge and system validation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Verriet J., van der Sanden B., van der Veen G., van Splunter A., Lousberg S., Hendriks M. and Basten T. (2023). Experiences and Lessons from Introducing Model-Based Analysis in Brown-Field Product Family Development. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Model-Based Software and Systems Engineering - Volume 1: MODELSWARD, ISBN 978-989-758-633-0, pages 226-236. DOI: 10.5220/0011785900003402

in Bibtex Style

@conference{modelsward23,
author={Jacques Verriet and Bram van der Sanden and Gijs van der Veen and André van Splunter and Sam Lousberg and Martijn Hendriks and Twan Basten},
title={Experiences and Lessons from Introducing Model-Based Analysis in Brown-Field Product Family Development},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Model-Based Software and Systems Engineering - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,},
year={2023},
pages={226-236},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011785900003402},
isbn={978-989-758-633-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Model-Based Software and Systems Engineering - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,
TI - Experiences and Lessons from Introducing Model-Based Analysis in Brown-Field Product Family Development
SN - 978-989-758-633-0
AU - Verriet J.
AU - van der Sanden B.
AU - van der Veen G.
AU - van Splunter A.
AU - Lousberg S.
AU - Hendriks M.
AU - Basten T.
PY - 2023
SP - 226
EP - 236
DO - 10.5220/0011785900003402