Focusing on systems architecting for business enterprises, this practical, scenario-driven guide is derived from industry-training classes taught by the author at the Embedded Systems Institute in Norway. Suitable for graduate students and practicing engineers in the industry, the book places the processes of systems architecting in a broader context by juxtaposing the relationship of the systems architect with enterprise and management. Written in an approachable style, it includes end-of-chapter exercises and offers ancillary material online.
Inhalt
Process and Organization
Process Decomposition of a Business
Intermezzo: What Is a Process?
Product Creation Process
Intermezzo: The Importance of Feedback
The Systems Architecting Process
Intermezzo: Products, Projects, Services
Role and Task of the Systems Architect
The Awakening of a Systems Architect
Intermezzo: Systems Titles and Roles
The Role and Task of the Systems Architect
Intermezzo: Dynamic Range of Abstraction Levels in Architecting
Architecting Interaction Styles
From Customer Understanding to Requirements
CAFCR+: A Model to Relate Customer Needs to System Realization
Fundamentals of Requirements
Key Driver How to
Requirements Elicitation and Selection
Systems Architect Methods and Means
Intermezzo: The Toolbox of the Systems Architect
Basic Working Methods of an Architect
Story How to
Strategy
Intermezzo: Business Strategy-Methods, and Models
Roadmapping
Intermezzo: Change Management-Introducing Systems Architecting Aspects
Market Product Life-Cycle Consequences for Architecting
Harvesting Synergy, Product Families
Product Families and Generic Aspects
A Method to Explore Synergy between Products
Supporting Processes
Systems Architects and Supporting Processes
Granularity of Documentation
Intermezzo: LEAN and A3 Approach to Supporting Processes
Systems and Software
The Role of Software in Systems
System Integration: How
Boardroom Presentation
Intermezzo: Architect versus Manager; the Tense Relation
How to Present Architecture Issues to Higher Management
Human Side
The Human Side of Architecting
Function Profiles: The Sheep with Seven Legs
Interpersonal Skills
Teamwork
Reflection and Wrap-Up
Reflection Applied on Systems Architecting
Wrap-Up
References
Pictorial Index