© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 1 SysML Modeling for a Business Process – Product Realization Georgia Artery Mark De Spain

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 2 Outline Background Problem Statement Approach Behavioral Diagrams Structure Diagrams Benefits Conclusions and Next Steps

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 3 Background Large, complex business utilizing legacy product realization process Multiple sites/organizations trying to utilize one process –Many handoffs –Changing roles and responsibilities –Various interpretations of process NNSA initiative to revitalize technical business practices Sandia named as Systems Integration support

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 4 Problem Statement Problem: –Existing Product Realization Process results in delays, cost overruns due to lack of clear roles and responsibilities, poor execution of program plans, and discipline around deliverables. Goal: –Define a standardized and formal business operating process that maximizes the integration between stakeholders, engineering, and production personnel throughout the product realization process. –Create phase-gate process based upon Systems Engineering principles

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 5 Approach Process Improvement event to identified inefficiencies in the process tasks and developed a future state process –Included limited design agency and production agency support NWC adopted improved process as initial starting point –Demonstrated concept and usefulness Developed functional model (IDEF0) of the process –Realized the structural piece was missing –First step to stakeholder buy-in of modeling Created SysML model based on functional modeling

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 6 Project Driver for Requirement

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 7 Use Case of Top Level Process

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 8 Stakeholders Identification Multiple stakeholders and Users of the System

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 9 Block Relationships of Process Representation of the key elements of the Model

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 10 Process Artifacts

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 11 Use Case for Phase A Use case is taken to the next level which will be expanded into activity diagram

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 12 Source Requirements

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 13 Executable Model Use Case Activity Diagram drives the state changes in the artifact

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 14 Benefits Utilized Systems Engineering approach – used a process to develop a process –The more precision you have in a process, the better you can institutionalize the process effectively Functional architecture clarified the relationships between tasks and enabled good cohesion Understand the relationships of the inputs and outputs to the phase /gates –Create clarity in tasks and document deliverables (artifacts) needed at each phase –Prevent unnecessary, non-value added tasks –Clear understanding of roles and responsibilities Balanced the tasks (leveling) and assure they rollup to the right level Visual representation of the relationships between tasks and gate outputs in subsequent phases Established connectivity to artifacts and activities – making sure the behaviors are tied to the structure of the process Flow and intent of process is more explicit and understandable when represented graphically

© Telelogic AB [1] Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company for the United States Department of Energys National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL SAND C 15 Conclusions / Next Steps Conclusions It is critical that you follow format and structure that will enable the model to be executable –Understanding the fundamental model structure was critical for complex process Assuring completeness was key in developing the next level of the model Understand the value of static versus dynamic model Next Steps Model is still being tested and will continue to build on the key artifacts and elements in other phases Pilot executable on specific elements of the process for upcoming development program