Introduction to Model-Based Systems Engineering
A structured video course, covering the fundamentals of SE and MBSE.
VIDEOS • 1 HOUR • FREE
Content peer-reviewed by MBSE experts at Airbus
What is Systems Engineering?
How Systems Engineering ensures every part of a complex system works together. Why understanding the problem as a whole matters before jumping into solutions.
Systems Engineering Process Overview
The Vee model, and how systems are decomposed, built, and verified. Iteration, recursion, concurrency — and why SE doesn't end when the product ships.
An Optimization Problem
How engineers balance competing needs through structured trade studies. A railway example showing how to find suitable solutions when a perfect answer doesn't exist.
Challenges of Traditional Systems Engineering
Why traditional SE struggles with modern complexity — growing disciplines, evolving expectations, and overwhelming documentation. The human limitations that lead to errors when information lives in disconnected documents.
What is Model-Based Systems Engineering?
The three pillars — method, language, and tool — and how they make SE more efficient. Why MBSE isn't about making models, it's about solving engineering problems.
Benefits of Model-Based Systems Engineering
How MBSE reduces costs, improves quality, and lowers risk. Early error detection, better decisions, impact analysis, and reuse — the concrete advantages over document-based engineering.
What's next?
This course gives you the foundations. If you want to go deeper into SysML and CATIA Magic, the next step is our self-paced eLearning program.