1. Teamcenter Systems Engineering
Barbara Sheeley
Matthew McEmber
Systems Engineer
The Boeing Company
July 29, 2009

2. Teamcenter System Engineering
Tailored Systems Engineering Tool Suite
Manage Artifacts
Integrated Single Source of Data
Scalable
Customizable

3. Teamcenter Systems Engineering
Features & UI
Teamcenter Systems Engineering
Systems Engineering
Live Demo

4. Intuitive MS Window Explorer like web based user interface
Change management and configuration control
All objects in Teamcenter accessible via unique web addresses
TcSE
Features
DoDAF module with tailored schema and OV/AV/SV view generation
“Live” Microsoft Office integrations for both data input and generation of artifacts
Security protections control user access, information access and modification privileges
Allows the user to capture product decompositions and interrelate the views
A natural-language report writer and robust document generator

5. User Interface
Content Pane
Navigation Pane
Notebook Pane

6. Basic TcSE Entities Project – Root collection of Folders
Building Block – Basic object used to decompose design
Requirement – Uniquely identifiable Requirement
Paragraph – Type of Requirement for preserving document structure as a placeholder
Link – 1 to 1 directional relationship between two entities
Connection – Physical connection between two physical objects
Folder – Container for other objects
Document – Type of folder that may contain Requirements, Paragraphs, and Building Blocks
Property – Attribute of an entity (color, bit rate, prime engineer, etc)
Diagram – Visio Diagram attached to an object

7. Sharing a Single Source of Data

8. Focus on Data, Generate Views

9. Great Potential for Entity Reuse
Source: Siemens DoDAF Module User Manual

10. One Architecture – multiple views captured and linked
Systems Engineering
One Architecture – multiple views captured and linked
Requirements
Functional
Architecture (
What Has to Be
Done )
Logical
Architecture (
How It Is Done )
Physical
Architecture
(How It Is
Implemented)
Physical models

11. Which Data Would You Prefer to Work With?
A: Mixed, Integrated Architectures?
Vertical Integration
Within Architectures
B: Partitioned, Integrated Architectures?
Horizontal Integration Across Architectures

12. Requirements Allocation
Integrated Requirements
Search Result: Requirements Allocation to Functions and Logical Systems

13. DoDAF – Operational-System Architectures
OV-5
Activity Architecture
OV-2
Operational Node Architecture
System Function Architecture
SV-4a

14. DoDAF – Software Architectures
Activity Diagram
(Rhapsody / Sparx EA)
Use Case Diagram
(Rhapsody / Sparx EA)
DoDAF Activity Architecture
Rhapsody Use Case Architecture (in TcSE)
Functional Decomposition
IDEF 0 Diagram

15. Create Ancillary Architectural Views
Spatial
Environmental Threats
Manufacturing Cells
Suppliers
Countries of Origin
etc

16. System Verification Spec. Search Results Excel Live Test Verification
Enter Verification Status
Excel Live Test Verification
Live-link back to problem Requirement

17. Operational Connectivity Model with Product Overlay
Source: Siemens DoDAF Module User Manual

18. System Connectivity Model with Product Overlay
Source: Siemens DoDAF Module User Manual

19. Operational to System Connectivity Model with Product Overlay
Source: Siemens DoDAF Module User Manual

20. Live Demo

21. Acknowledgements
This presentation would not have been possible without the contributions of:
John Herrold
Robert Malone