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SysML v2 Usability Working Session

SysML v2 Usability Working Session. OMG Meeting Reston, VA March 21, 2017. Sanford Friedenthal safriedenthal@gmail.com. Topics. Usability Introduction & Session Overview – Sanford Friedenthal Ideas on Usability Layering - Bertil Muth Break User Centered Design Approach - Tricia Lagoon

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SysML v2 Usability Working Session

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  1. SysML v2 Usability Working Session OMG Meeting Reston, VA March 21, 2017 Sanford Friedenthal safriedenthal@gmail.com

  2. Topics • Usability Introduction & Session Overview – Sanford Friedenthal • Ideas on Usability Layering -BertilMuth Break • User Centered Design Approach - Tricia Lagoon • Facilitated Discussion on SysML v2 Usability Requirements

  3. Session Objectives & Approach • Objectives • Define minimal usability requirements/criteria and supporting assessment methods for SysML v2 RFP • Increase awareness of usability concerns and approaches • Approach • Elicit inputs from modeling end users with a range of experience levels and modeling tool vendors

  4. User Classes • New modelers • Early career and experienced systems engineers learning SysML • Seasoned modelers • System engineers with experience in modeling, comfortable with using SysML and modeling tools • Consumers of model data • Other engineering disciplines who do not use SysML modeling tools, but need to understand and interpret model information Needs vary across lifecycle, disciplines, and application domains

  5. Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability • Usability is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object such as a tool or device.[1] In software engineering, usability is the degree to which a software can be used by specified consumers to achieve quantified objectives with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a quantified context of use.[2]

  6. Usability Criteria

  7. MBSE Learning Obstacles • MBSE is a more rigorous/formal approach to address the inherent complexity of systems and SE methods • System complexity (e.g, layered interfaces, complex state behaviors, complex structures with assemblies and subsystems) • SE Methods must address multiple stakeholder viewpoints that span multiple requirements, multiple levels of design, across disciplines, and full lifecycle

  8. SysML Language/ToolUsability Issues • Learning obstacles • Definition/Usage (e.g., part vs block, action vs activity, ..) • Maintaining consistency across views • different kinds of behavior, structure, parametrics, requirements • Model containment tree vs product structure • Unfamiliar terminology from UML legacy and SysML (e.g., proxy port) • Functional vs geometric concepts (enclosed by versus external to) • Lack of engaging/intuitive domain-specific visualizations (i.e., boxology) • Inability to express informal ideas and refine • Ability to abstract • Productivity obstacles in model construction • Complexity of user interface • Create/update one element at a time (too many clicks) • Manual diagram layout

  9. SysML v2 Usability Focus • Model Visualization Concept • Model Construction Concepts • Language Concepts and Formalisms

  10. Browser-Based Data Presentations Visualization Concept Model Data User System Modeler Heavy Model User • Model Organization & Development • Pattern & Model Library Definitions • Model Customizations Source: C. Schreiber, J. Feingold, M. Sarrel Light Model User Model Data Contributor • Model Updates • Report Generation • Model Execution Reviewer/Consumer • Model Review & Comment • Predefined Reports • User-defined Views

  11. Model Construction Concept Source: R. Williamson Model Construction Workflow Example Execute Analysis [login] Note: Iterative steps not shown Import Requirements Reference Library Analyze Requirements Component Library Batch Import & Transformation Select Reference Architecture Variant Execute Analysis • Supports different classes of collaborative users (e.g., expertise, domain, life cycle) • Driven by iterative / agile workflow • Batch import, transformation & export • Broad application of patterns & reuse libraries • Textual, graphical and tabular model create, update and delete • Model ownership, baseline & version management via Model Management • Black Box/White Box Representations via Model Management • Model views & usability via Model Visualization • Requirements/Design Analysis via Model Analysis Integrate & Configure Component Designs Evaluate Architecture Designs Apply Patterns Update Baseline Commit to Server

  12. Other Usability Concepts • Simple hierarchical lists with cross connections • Mind maps • Wiki’s

  13. SysML v2 Usability Expecations • Should SysML v2 be simple (how does this contrast  with mechanical and electrical design tools and languages) • What are examples of user friendly languages (MATLAB, Simulink,. …) and user friendly interfaces (Apple/Iphone) • How much of the usability is allocated to SysML v2 vs the tool vs the method • How can customization address  the usability needs (e.g., jargon/aliases, visuzliations, domain specific symbology, …)

  14. Usability Requirements

  15. Backup

  16. Requirement • How quickly can a modeler find what they are looking for • Level of assistance when stuck

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