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Modeling, systems engineering

IBM Engineering Rhapsody Systems EngineeringMBSE with SysML

Cloud-native, web-based modeling for systems engineering teams that build complex, connected products.

Overview

What is IBM Rhapsody Systems Engineering?

IBM Rhapsody Systems Engineering (Rhapsody SE) is IBM’s web-based, cloud-native tool for model-based systems engineering in SysML v2. Systems engineers design, analyze and coordinate complex products in the browser, together and in real time.

SysML v2 captures requirements, constraints and relationships more precisely than SysML v1, with a textual and a graphical notation. SysML v1 models from Rhapsody can be reused and migrated.

Rhapsody SE links to IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next, IBM Engineering Test Management and IBM Engineering Workflow Management through OSLC, and exposes the SysML v2 API for model-based integrations.

SysML v2 uses layers of abstraction for large systems. Global configurations keep models, requirements and tests on the same baseline, and Harmony and HarmonyIQ add process accelerators, model checkers and model-aware guidance.

Release 1.8 adds a Model Context Protocol (MCP) API, so AI agents can analyze architecture, behavior and change impact across models. Rhapsody SE runs as IBM SaaS or on premises, including air-gapped environments from 1.8.

Your starting point

Where is your team starting from?

Find the line closest to your team. Each one shows what changes with Rhapsody SE.

Common starting points

  • Today: Desktop installs on every engineer’s PC
    With Rhapsody SE: A browser link, nothing to install
  • Today: Models emailed between sites
    With Rhapsody SE: Real-time collaboration in one model
  • Today: Ambiguous diagrams open to interpretation
    With Rhapsody SE: SysML v2 with precise textual and graphical notation

As your program grows

  • Today: Hand-offs to software teams by document
    With Rhapsody SE: Model hand-off through the SysML v2 API
  • Today: Legacy SysML v1 models left behind
    With Rhapsody SE: SysML v1 models reused and migrated
  • Today: Reports assembled by hand
    With Rhapsody SE: Governed reports with Publishing (new in 1.8)

Already on Rhapsody SE

  • Today: Servers to install and patch
    With Rhapsody SE: IBM SaaS or hosting by SmarterProcess
  • Today: Licenses bought years ago, never reviewed
    With Rhapsody SE: A license mix sized from real usage

Capabilities

What your systems team can do in Rhapsody SE

A digital thread from requirement to test

Link model elements to requirements in DOORS Next and tests in Test Management through OSLC. Global configurations keep models, requirements and tests on the same baseline.

IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management Global Configuration Management

SysML v2 modeling

Textual and graphical SysML v2 with layers of abstraction for large systems.

Web-based collaboration

Engineers in any location work in one model in real time.

Harmony and HarmonyIQ

Process accelerators, model checkers and model-aware guidance.

AI Model Context Protocol (MCP) API

New in 1.8

Model-aware analysis of architecture, behavior and change impact.

SysML v2 API

Model-based integrations with downstream domains and tools.

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Product tour

See Rhapsody SE before your first demo

MBSE use case discovery dialog listing use cases and actors discovered by AI, for review before adding them to the model.

01AI agents IBM Engineering AI Hub

Use cases and actors found in requirements become model elements and diagrams.

Use case

02Use cases

Actors and system functions.

System context view

03Context

A system context view with the parts and their connections.

Component diagram

04Components

Parts, ports and interfaces.

OSLC linking

05OSLC links

The Create links dialog: allocated by, derives from, refines, satisfies, trace.

OSLC links in IBM Rhapsody Systems Engineering

06A digital thread from requirement to test

Link model elements to requirements in DOORS Next and tests in Test Management through OSLC. Global configurations keep models, requirements and tests on the same baseline.

Compliance

Evidence for the standard your assessor uses

What each standard asks for, and what Rhapsody SE gives you to show it.

Automotive

ISO 26262 · ASPICE
  • System architecture traceable to requirements and tests

    SysML v2 model elements linked to DOORS Next and Test Management through OSLC

Aerospace & Defense

DO-178C · DO-254 · ARP4754B
  • Functions decomposed to systems and items

    SysML v2 models with OSLC links to requirementsARP4754B
  • Models on the same baseline as requirements and tests

    Global configurations across models, requirements and tests

Medical Devices

IEC 62304 · ISO 14971
  • Design traceable to requirements

    SysML v2 model elements linked to requirements and tests

Railway

EN 50716 · EN 50126
  • System design traceable to requirements

    SysML v2 model elements linked to requirements and tests
Where it fits

SysML v2 models in the IBM ELM digital thread

Integrations

SysML v2 API

Model-based integrations.

Global Configuration Management

Variants and baselines.

PTC pure::variants

Product lines (early access in 1.8).

AI agents

Model Context Protocol (MCP) API. IBM Engineering AI Hub adds governed MCP tools.

Trusted in regulated industries

Our CustomersCustomers and Partners

Our clients build products under strict standards and regular audits. We supply licenses, implementation, hosting and training.

Our clients build products under strict standards and regular audits. We supply licenses, implementation, hosting and training.

Our Partners

We are a partner and reseller of these technology providers.

FAQ

Questions we hear before a Rhapsody SE project

Why SysML v2, and is it ready for production?

SysML v2 is the next version of the OMG systems modeling language, with a precise textual and graphical notation and a standard API. Rhapsody SE has been generally available since 2024; release 1.8 (July 2026) adds reporting, AI analysis and scale features.

IBM SaaS or on premises?

Rhapsody SE is cloud-native. IBM SaaS removes servers entirely; on-premises installation, including air-gapped environments from 1.8, keeps data inside your network.

Can we reuse our Rhapsody SysML v1 models?

Yes. Rhapsody SE reuses SysML v1 models and supports migration to SysML v2. We start with one model as a pilot and check the result with your engineers.

How does Rhapsody SE link to DOORS Next and Test Management?

Through OSLC links, with global configurations keeping models, requirements and tests on the same baseline.

Which AI features are in Rhapsody SE?

Release 1.8 adds a Model Context Protocol (MCP) API, so AI agents can analyze architecture, behavior, compliance and change impact across models. HarmonyIQ gives model-aware process guidance.

Do we still need Rhapsody desktop?

For code generation, executable simulation, UML and AUTOSAR, yes. Many teams use Rhapsody SE for systems engineering and Rhapsody for software design.

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