1. MBSE Usability Activity Team Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Initiative
MBSE IS Workshop
June 2011

2. Usability
"The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a specified context of use.“
ISO
Ease of Learning
Efficiency of Use (routine)
Efficiency of Use (non-routine)
Error Tolerance
Subjective

3. Join the MBSE Usability Google group
What can I do? (1)
Join the MBSE Usability Google group

4. Help develop the use case details
What can I do? (2)
Help develop the use case details
Develop exemplar
Pick a tool and a use case.
Develop an example
Publish your proposed exemplar to the collaboration environment
Review proposed exemplars
Add suggestions
Ask questions
Help make great exemplars

5. Define the usability measurement procedure for an exemplar
What can I do? (3)
Define the usability measurement procedure for an exemplar
Measure the usability of an exemplar
Start with a developed exemplar and usability procedure
Run the usability procedure and publish your usability results

6. What can I do? (4)
Review the usability results
Suggest improvements to the SysML language (SysML lite? … ?)
Suggest improvements to a tool

7. Collaboration Environment Purpose
An environment where any interested persons can:
Contribute new exemplars (Ideal example model or pattern)
Able to create exemplar in different SysML tools (Artisian RTS, Enterprise Architect, Magic Draw, Papyrus, Rhapsody, Topcased, …)
View exemplars (web compatible format (HTML/Video)
Discuss and debate and offer ideas for a specific version of an exemplar
Measure the usability of MBSE to address exemplars
Able to view and sort results
Usability measures
Activity level (number of comments, contributions, measurements)

8. MBSE Usability Activity Team
Demo of the Google Code Collaboration prototype