SysML Adoption in France:
Industry Examples
Pascal Roques
February 20th, 2013
• Independent Consultant & Trainer,
25 years of experience in modeling
 SADT, OMT, UML, SysML
• OMG Certified on UML2 and SysML
• Co-founder of association
• Author of UML best-sellers in France
(>50 000 copies)
• … and of the first French
SysML book (MagicDraw!)
pascal.roques@prfc.fr
The Speaker: Pascal Roques
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• Last time in Dallas: 1991!
• IDEF Users Conference (Fort Worth)
• ASA™: Automata and Structured Analysis
• Enhanced SADT with dynamics description by
means of Finite State Machines
• Provided tools, not only for edition and
documentation generation, but also simulation
and even test generation
• Applied intensively on industrial projects, mainly
in: aeronautics, ground transportation and
space from 1985…
The Speaker: Pascal Roques
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SysML Stakeholders
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• American Systems, BAE SYSTEMS, Boeing, Deere &
Company, EADS Astrium, Eurostep, Israel Aircraft
Industries, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, NIST, Northrop
Grumman, oose.de, Raytheon, THALES
Industry
• ARTiSAN, EmbeddedPlus, Gentleware, IBM, I-Logix,
Mentor Graphics, PivotPoint Technology, SparxSystems,
Telelogic, Vitech
Tool Vendors
• AP-233, INCOSE, Georgia Institute of Technology, etc.
• In France: AFIS
Others
AFIS (Association Française
d’Ingénierie Système)
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• www.afis.fr
AFIS Founders
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• Airbus
• Alstom Transport
• Areva
• Dassault Aviation
• EADS
• EDF
• Nexter Systems
• RATP
• Thales
• Thales Alenia Space
Other AFIS Members
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• Altran
• CNES
• CS
• DCNS
• DGA
• Renault
• Astrium
• PSA
• Dassault Systemes
• …
SysML France Association
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• Created in 2009 to promote the use of
SysML in France
SysML France (wiki)
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• www.sysml-france.fr
SysML France (blog)
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• sysmlfrance.blogspot.fr
SysML France 1st Conference
(2009/11/27 - Toulouse)
11
• …
• Une approche Model-Driven pour le lanceur
Ariane 5
• P. Gast, EADS Astrium
• SysML pour le développement des calculateurs
avioniques à Airbus
• Y. Bernard, Airbus
• SysML chez Magnetti-Marelli : promesses et
questions
• T. Cornuaud, Magneti-Marelli
• …
SysML France 1st Conference
(2009/11/27)
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SysML France 1st Conference
(2009/11/27)
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SysML France 1st Conference
(2009/11/27)
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SysML France 2nd Conference
(2010/12/06 - Paris)
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• …
• AVATAR : un profil SysML temps réel outillé
• P. de Saqui-Sannes, L. Apvrille, ISAE/LAAS,
TelecomParis/Sophia Antipolis
• SysML et Modelica
• J.-Y CHOLEY, Directeur du LISMMA Supméca
• De SADT à SysML
• P. Roques, A2-Artal
• SysML 2.0 : vers la prochaine version majeure
• L. Rioux, Thalès, membre de l'OMG
• …
SysML France 3rd Conference
(2011/12/14 - Toulouse)
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• …
• T. Lesergent, F-X. Dormoy, Esterel
« SCADE: une suite intégrée d'outils pour
l'ingénierie système et logicielle »
• V. Richard, LGM
« Modélisation système avec le langage SysML »
• L. Audounet, Rockwell Collins
« Démarche de Model Based Safety Assessment
(MBSA) basée sur des modèles SysML »
• E. Panier, Nexter Electronics
« Génération de modèles SysML à partir de
documents existants »
• …
AFIS Thematic Day
(2012/09/27 – Toulouse)
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SysML France 4th Conference
(2012/11/13 - Mulhouse)
18
• …
• OMG: Transformation SysML/Modelica & autres
L. RIOUX, THALES
• A model based approach for safety analysis
E. SOUBIRAN, ALSTOM
• Génération de tests à partir de SysML
F. BOUQUET
• …
Bureau Veritas
(2012/11/27)
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Bureau Veritas
(2012/11/27)
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Current Status
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• Increasing adoption in various domains
• Aerospace
• Transportation
• Automotive
• Defense
• Healthcare
• Energy
• …
• Massively taught!
• Engineers (N7, ISAE, Masters)
• Recently: Bac STI2D!, BTS, prépas
Trends (Google)
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Trends (Google)
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Trends (Google)
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Next Step: Other French-
Speaking Associations… 
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Thanks for your Attention!
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SysML adoption in France

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    SysML Adoption inFrance: Industry Examples Pascal Roques February 20th, 2013
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    • Independent Consultant& Trainer, 25 years of experience in modeling  SADT, OMT, UML, SysML • OMG Certified on UML2 and SysML • Co-founder of association • Author of UML best-sellers in France (>50 000 copies) • … and of the first French SysML book (MagicDraw!) pascal.roques@prfc.fr The Speaker: Pascal Roques 2
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    • Last timein Dallas: 1991! • IDEF Users Conference (Fort Worth) • ASA™: Automata and Structured Analysis • Enhanced SADT with dynamics description by means of Finite State Machines • Provided tools, not only for edition and documentation generation, but also simulation and even test generation • Applied intensively on industrial projects, mainly in: aeronautics, ground transportation and space from 1985… The Speaker: Pascal Roques 3
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    SysML Stakeholders 4 • AmericanSystems, BAE SYSTEMS, Boeing, Deere & Company, EADS Astrium, Eurostep, Israel Aircraft Industries, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, NIST, Northrop Grumman, oose.de, Raytheon, THALES Industry • ARTiSAN, EmbeddedPlus, Gentleware, IBM, I-Logix, Mentor Graphics, PivotPoint Technology, SparxSystems, Telelogic, Vitech Tool Vendors • AP-233, INCOSE, Georgia Institute of Technology, etc. • In France: AFIS Others
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    AFIS Founders 6 • Airbus •Alstom Transport • Areva • Dassault Aviation • EADS • EDF • Nexter Systems • RATP • Thales • Thales Alenia Space
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    Other AFIS Members 7 •Altran • CNES • CS • DCNS • DGA • Renault • Astrium • PSA • Dassault Systemes • …
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    SysML France Association 8 •Created in 2009 to promote the use of SysML in France
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    SysML France (wiki) 9 •www.sysml-france.fr
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    SysML France (blog) 10 •sysmlfrance.blogspot.fr
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    SysML France 1stConference (2009/11/27 - Toulouse) 11 • … • Une approche Model-Driven pour le lanceur Ariane 5 • P. Gast, EADS Astrium • SysML pour le développement des calculateurs avioniques à Airbus • Y. Bernard, Airbus • SysML chez Magnetti-Marelli : promesses et questions • T. Cornuaud, Magneti-Marelli • …
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    SysML France 1stConference (2009/11/27) 12
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    SysML France 1stConference (2009/11/27) 13
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    SysML France 1stConference (2009/11/27) 14
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    SysML France 2ndConference (2010/12/06 - Paris) 15 • … • AVATAR : un profil SysML temps réel outillé • P. de Saqui-Sannes, L. Apvrille, ISAE/LAAS, TelecomParis/Sophia Antipolis • SysML et Modelica • J.-Y CHOLEY, Directeur du LISMMA Supméca • De SADT à SysML • P. Roques, A2-Artal • SysML 2.0 : vers la prochaine version majeure • L. Rioux, Thalès, membre de l'OMG • …
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    SysML France 3rdConference (2011/12/14 - Toulouse) 16 • … • T. Lesergent, F-X. Dormoy, Esterel « SCADE: une suite intégrée d'outils pour l'ingénierie système et logicielle » • V. Richard, LGM « Modélisation système avec le langage SysML » • L. Audounet, Rockwell Collins « Démarche de Model Based Safety Assessment (MBSA) basée sur des modèles SysML » • E. Panier, Nexter Electronics « Génération de modèles SysML à partir de documents existants » • …
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    SysML France 4thConference (2012/11/13 - Mulhouse) 18 • … • OMG: Transformation SysML/Modelica & autres L. RIOUX, THALES • A model based approach for safety analysis E. SOUBIRAN, ALSTOM • Génération de tests à partir de SysML F. BOUQUET • …
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    Current Status 21 • Increasingadoption in various domains • Aerospace • Transportation • Automotive • Defense • Healthcare • Energy • … • Massively taught! • Engineers (N7, ISAE, Masters) • Recently: Bac STI2D!, BTS, prépas
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    Next Step: OtherFrench- Speaking Associations…  25
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    Thanks for yourAttention! 26