Systems Architecting：A Business Perspective

Derived from industry-training classes that the author teaches at the Embedded Systems Institute at Eindhoven, the Netherlands and at Buskerud University College at Kongsberg in Norway, Systems Architecting: A Business Perspective places the processes of systems architecting in a broader context by juxtaposing the relationship of the systems architect with enterprise and management. This practical, scenario-driven guide fills an important gap, providing systems architects insight into the business processes, and especially into the processes to which they actively contribute.
The book uses a simple reference model to enable understanding of the inside of a system in relation to its context. It covers the impact of tool selection and brings balance to the application of the intellectual tools versus computer-aided tools. Stressing the importance of a clear strategy, the authors discuss methods and techniques that facilitate the architect’s contribution to the strategy process. They also give insight into the needs and complications of harvesting synergy, insight that will help establish an effective synergy-harvesting strategy. The book also explores the often difficult relationship between managers and systems architects.
Written in an approachable style, the book discusses the breadth of the human sciences and their relevance to systems architecting. It highlights the relevance of human aspects to systems architects, linking theory to practical experience when developing systems architecting competence.

Process and Organization Process Decomposition of a BusinessIntermezzo: What Is a Process?Product Creation ProcessIntermezzo: The Importance of Feedback The Systems Architecting ProcessIntermezzo: Products, Projects, ServicesRole and Task of the Systems ArchitectThe Awakening of a Systems ArchitectIntermezzo: Systems Titles and Roles The Role and Task of the Systems ArchitectIntermezzo: Dynamic Range of Abstraction Levels in Architecting Architecting Interaction Styles From Customer Understanding to RequirementsCAFCR+: A Model to Relate Customer Needs to System Realization Fundamentals of Requirements Key Driver How toRequirements Elicitation and SelectionSystems Architect Methods and Means Intermezzo: The Toolbox of the Systems Architect Basic Working Methods of an ArchitectStory How toStrategyIntermezzo: Business Strategy–Methods, and ModelsRoadmappingIntermezzo: Change Management–Introducing Systems Architecting AspectsMarket Product Life-Cycle Consequences for Architecting Harvesting Synergy, Product Families Product Families and Generic Aspects A Method to Explore Synergy between ProductsSupporting ProcessesSystems Architects and Supporting Processes Granularity of DocumentationIntermezzo: LEAN and A3 Approach to Supporting ProcessesSystems and Software The Role of Software in Systems System Integration: How Boardroom PresentationIntermezzo: Architect versus Manager; the Tense Relation How to Present Architecture Issues to Higher Management
Human Side The Human Side of ArchitectingFunction Profiles: The Sheep with Seven Legs Interpersonal Skills Teamwork Reflection and Wrap-UpReflection Applied on Systems ArchitectingWrap-Up ReferencesPictorial Index