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Julian Weyer at SDV Europe 2025 in Berlin
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Is MBSE dead? Impressions from day 1 of SDV Europe

At SDV Europe in Berlin, the term MBSE doesn't come up even once. Do shift left and model first dominate the discussion now? A status report after day 1.

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Julian Weyer
Julian Weyer December 1, 2025 · 2 min read
Systems Engineering ·Systems Engineering ·MBSE ·2 min read

Live impressions from day 1 at SDV Europe in Berlin: so far, the term MBSE hasn’t come up once in the talks. Is MBSE dead?

I think the opposite is true. Terms like “shift left” and “model first” dominate the discussion — to me, the mindset is the same. MBSE is alive and simply getting fresher, more pragmatic vocabulary.

The goal has stayed the same: early validation and faster insight into errors and dependencies.

Fits in: the time of pure tool and method discussions is over, everything is long since available. Now it’s about concrete implementation and scaling in practice, end-to-end. Execution is key.

Takeaway

MBSE is not dead — it has just gotten a new vocabulary. Shift left and model first are the same mindset in new language. The real challenge is no longer the method but end-to-end execution.