The Conceptual Architecture Requirements for French Digital Building Logbook
Capella Webinar - Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
The Conceptual Architecture Requirements for French Digital Building Logbook
This presentation is based on Horizon Europe Project Demo-BLog where the business needs where pre-defined, and the challenges focused on defining requirements at an abstract opportunity/problem space domain level for an automated renovation advice tool.
To accomplish this task, a System Definition process was undertaken to achieve the Engineering solution space domain. And to achieve the System Definition methodology the author decided to focus on first creating an Interface Control Document that consisted of high-level overview architecture of the target system CLEA (Digital Building Logbook) and the source system BDNB (Base de Données Nationale des Bâtiments).
However, the alternative architectures presented challenges such as how to validate the requirements at this stage. The chosen tool/technique was THALES (Model-Based System Engineering) – Capella Tool and Arcadia Methodology. The article presents this approach, which included: operational analysis, system needs analysis, logical architecture and discussions reflecting the physical architecture relating to the requirement phases of need understanding and solution architecture design.
The outcome of this presentation is The French Demonstration Preliminary Requirements and acknowledgement to the benefits of MBSE: Improved communications, Increased ability to manage system complexity, Improved product quality, Reduced Recycled Time, Reduced Risk, Enhanced knowledge capture and reuse of the information.
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Presented by:
Alan Martin Redmond
Senior Consultant & Project Innovation Manager
Alan is a Senior Consultant & Project Innovation Manager and a Business Development Engineer. Where he focuses primarily on Mobility, Energy and Industry, and Defense and Security. Alan holds a Doctor of Philosophy, part of the Computer Sciences Commons and the Construction Engineering and Management Commons from Technological University Dublin; a Professional Certificate in Systems Engineering from UCIrvine, a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the University of Toronto, Department of Civil Engineering. He is also a member of the ThinkMind // Modern Systems committee, international conferences of Modern Systems Engineering Solutions. Alan has extensive experience in European projects https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6257-2333