Delivering smarter products requires the development of optimal designs on time, within budget and with the right level of quality. But even the best detailed design cannot compensate for a poor system architecture. Systems engineering isn’t just a technical activity in the lifecycle – it determines the commercial viability of the entire project. The state-of the art answer to these challenges is Model-based Systems Engineering.


This presentation gives an introduction to the IBM Rational Best Practices for Model-based System Engineering that systems engineers can use to capture/elaborate requirements and specify a system architecture. These best practices have been applied successfully at various customer sites.