MBSE with GENESYS thru Dec 2024

Defining the System Boundary: Key Aspects of the Metamodel

built from (built in)

Component

connected to (connects to)

performs (performed by)

decomposed by (decomposes)

includes (included in)

Function

Link

outputs (output from) inputs (input to)

transfers (transferred by)

Color Code

Requirement Entity

Functional Entity

Physical Entity

Interface Entity

Item

decomposed by (decomposes)

Verification Entity

Other Entity

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Defining the System as a Black Box

• “Responsibility boundary” • Interfaces, flows, and dependencies

• Externally observable functions (what the system does) • Performance & behavior as measurable at the boundary

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