Abstract Model‐Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is being adopted and integrated in industrial settings. Through MBSE several capabilities are unlocked and made available during development, especially in the earlier stages of development where there is historical use of document‐based artifacts. A notable capability enabled by a primarily model‐based development is Validation and Verification (V&V). Earlier V&V is potentially a strong enabler for improving development efficiency, particularly through reducing the need for later prototyping stages. In fact, through MBSE virtual prototyping can be enabled through the early and continuous use of models. While virtual prototyping provides a significant value proposition, it is often confirmed to be challenging to adopt MBSE and integrate approaches in specific industrial contexts. In this article, we analyze existing approaches to understand what made them successful when applied in industry. From these findings we develop a set of criteria that positively influences the integration process, and reason about how to concretely achieve successful industrial integration. From the identified criteria a discussion on existing barriers is also provided, reasoning why these successful factors are missing from a majority of the disseminated MBSE work. Our final contribution is a set of recommendations that could steer research towards successful application of early V&V in industry through various incentives.
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