Real MBSE: Turn Word and Excel Into Systems Intelligence

Even in a digital age, documents remain at the heart of engineering communication. Specifications, requirements, and analyses often live in Word and Excel, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be part of your digital engineering ecosystem. The next step in Real MBSE is learning how to bridge the gap between traditional documents and MBSE to create true systems intelligence. In Part 2 of our 7-Part Real MBSE webinar series, Dr. Steven Dam explored Chapter 4: Requirements Analysis and Management from his book, Real MBSE. Learn how to capture and structure requirements from existing documents without losing valuable context or accessibility. See how requirements from Word and Excel can be automatically parsed, categorized, and linked to models, test cases, and verification activities. Understand how updates in documents can flow through the system model, keeping everything synchronized and auditable. Discover how Real MBSE embraces both structured models and human-readable documents, because true digital engineering is about integration, not isolation.