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Digital Engineering Working Group (DEIX WG) - Standards Framework

Digital Engineering Guide Overview & Workshop

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INCOSE IW 2023 - DEIXWG Sessions (Pacific Standard Time)

DEIXWG 

Saturday, Jan 28. 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm 

Overview of DEIXWG as a working 

group, structure, and work planned 

for 2023-24 

DE Measurement Framework

Monday, Jan 30. 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Introduce version 1.1 of the Digital 

Engineering Measurement Framework 

and discuss its development. 

DE Standards (DEIX SF)

Sunday, Jan 29. 10:30 am – 12:00 pm 

Overview of the current DEIX Standards work in progress, along with an update on the Digital Engineering Taxonomy. 

Monday, Jan 30. 8:00 am – 10:30 am

Meeting to enlist working members of the group, define a candidate set of 

metrics for version 2, and establish a

roadmap for publication.

DE Guide (DEIX SF - DE Guide)

Monday, Jan 30. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Review/Introduction of DE Guide 

followed by gathering of thoughts and perspectives on current topics  

Digital Viewpoint Model

(DEIX DVM)

Monday, Jan 30. 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

DVM conceptual overview followed 

by a workshop where participants  

apply DVM concepts to define digital viewpoints given a user story.

Monday, Jan 30. 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Workshop to brainstorm ideas to 

Incorporate into the Digital 

Engineering Guide.

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30-Jan-23

Session 1 Breakdown - Monday, Jan 30

11:00-11:05   Identify online coordinator/monitor (for online attendees)

11:05-11:40 Our Team / Project Plan / Project Description

11:40-noon Q&A

Session 2 Breakdown - Monday, Jan 30

1:00-1:10 Workshop Guidelines

1:10-1:50 Team Brainstorming

1:50-2:00 Conclusions/Debrief

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   2022 Achievements

    Next Steps Forward

Established Development Team

Recruit co-lead (DE Guide, Taxonomy), writers, and reviewers

Established Tool Environment 

(INCOSE Collaboration on MS Teams)

Refine and reduce information sources

Initiated DE Guide Development

  • Drafted outline, scope, and schedule

Gather feedback, refine scope (see other DE standards), Schedule INCOSE Publication & IEEE Process

Presented to Communities of Practice

  • INCOSE IS 2022
  • NDIA 25th Annual Systems and Mission Engineering Conference
  • INCOSE International Workshop 2023

Prepare for INCOSE International Symposium 2023, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 June Plenary

Initiated Partnerships with ISO/IEC + IEEE

  • Proposed Standard to ISO/IEC WG 7 (Lifecycle Management) - Draft Form 4. 
  • Resolution for new project approved at ISO December Plenary (drafting w/ ISO approved)

IEEE: Get new proposal approved. Recruit members.

ISO: Review and submit final draft of Form 4. Establish 2-3 ISO Co-editors

INCOSE Contributions

  • Drafted INCOSE Forms 3 and 4
  • Initiated plan for publication

Publish to INCOSE (determine options and develop schedule)

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Join the Team

11-Jan-23

  • DE Plan Library ( examples and lessons learned ) 
  • Read plans and select relevant examples
  • Scan DE Plan Library for reoccurring processes
  • Ensure consistency of DE taxonomy definitions throughout the DE Guide
  • Outreach: collaboration among different organizations/data gathering (INCOSE TIMLM, PEDAS LOTAR, DOD OUASD, INCOSE Modeling and Sim WG, ISO/IEC, AIAA, IEEE, etc)
  • Task management
  • Secretary (Coordination, note taking, etc.)
  • Writing
  • Editing
  • Reviewing

Literally anything you have bandwidth for

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Cross-Organization Collaboration

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The DE Guide will adopt knowledge from standards and other sources regarding the exchange of digital engineering information between multiple disciplines, and digital technologies throughout the systems’ lifecycle.

�INCOSE Collaboration

  • TIMLM WG
  • MoSSEC WG
  • PDES/LOTAR WG
  • MBSE Initiative
  • FUSE WG
  • INCOSE Standards 
  • Open MBEE

�AIAA

Digital Engineering Integration Committee

�OMG Collaboration

  • Digital Twin Consortium

�NDIA Collaboration

  • Modeling + Simulation Division 
  • Systems Engineering Division. 

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INCOSE Technical Product Development Process

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30-Jan-23

*NOTE: 45 days – 2 months from submission to launch

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Roadmap to ISO Standard Publication

11-Jan-23

OCT 

2023

*NOTE: Key information needs to be published with INCOSE before Committee Draft (CD)

OCT 2024

OCT 2025

SEP 2026

SEP 2027

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Intended Audience

The DE Guide will present digital engineering information to classes of technical and non-technical stakeholders across the complex global supply chain (examples: Program Managers, Systems Engineers, Design Engineers, etc.)

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Project Scope

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Answers the question of how to apply ISO 15288 in a Digital Engineering Environment�

Addresses domain of Digital Engineering as it relates to Systems Eng applied to all levels and all types of systems.

Focused on process models and best practices (methods and techniques) (3) ��Takes a holistic view of the system, along with its digital representation (4)

Emphasizes use of digital engineering throughout the entire system lifecycle, evolving data as a system is developed.

Provides general guidance. Answers the "what" and not the "how"

Independent of the application domain (aerospace, manufacturing, medical, software development, etc)�

Focuses on process, and does not prescribe any specific views or diagrams�

Flexible. Does not require updates for new technologies or specify specialized topics (digital twin, IOT, etc.)�

Technology agnostic

Tool agnostic

Within Scope

Beyond Scope

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“The ability to imagine is the largest part of what you call intelligence. You think the ability to imagine is merely a useful step on the way to solving a problem or making something happen. But imagining it is what makes it happen.”   -Michael Creighton, Sphere

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“Brain Writing” Exercise

Work through your thoughts and idea on the handouts provided …

… alternatively, participants can submit ideas online:

Brain Writing

After the break, we will break into smaller teams …

.. in the later session, we will synthesize, prioritize, and expand upon the ideas presented

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Follow-Up

  • Update Membership list
    • Request INCOSE Collaboration Teams permissions for new WG members
  • Incorporate Comments from WG into draft outline
  • Schedule follow-up meeting with team

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DEIXWG 

DEIXWG Standards

  • sites.google.com/view/deix-sf/  (slides can be found here)
  • INCOSE Teams Collaboration

DEIXWG Standards – Taxonomy

  • OMG Wiki Page for DE Taxonomy  

DEIXWG Standards – Measurement Framework

DEIXWG Standards - Partnerships

  • ISO: JTC1 / SC7 Committee Homepage

References

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To join our ongoing standards development activities, scan the QR code with your mobile phone to complete our online registration form or go online to: https://bit.ly/3GRKl1j 

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