A Practitioner's Guide to Optimizing the Interactions Between Modelers and Domain Experts

摘要

As model-based approaches to Systems Engineering (SE) grow in popularity, the dynamic information exchange between modelers and domain experts is becoming a more common form of engineering collaboration. Typically, modelers and domain experts do not possess much shared knowledge at the beginning of a domain modeling effort, and gradually learn from each other throughout the process. This paper presents a set of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) practitioner-based techniques that modelers and domain experts can use to have more efficient and effective interactions during model development. The techniques are presented in the context of existing literature, and further validated by the results of an exploratory survey given to MBSE practitioners, thereby forming the basis for a more standardized process of multidisciplinary knowledge sharing than exists today. The intent is that a team of modelers and domain experts could then apply these practical techniques to their project to reduce the cost of multidisciplinary translation, enabling faster model development while promoting model quality: readability, accuracy, and completeness.