1.5 The key Role of Systems Architects
Systems architecting would of course not exist without the right key people, i.e. systems architects,...
Continue reading1.6 How to Analyze a Systems Architect Profile ?
To conclude this chapter, we will briefly present the key characteristics of an (ideal) systems...
Continue reading2.1 Elements of Systemics
Before going further, we first need to introduce the notions of interface and of system...
Continue reading2.2 The three Architectural Visions (1/2)
We are now in position to introduce the three systems architectural visions which will be...
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The constructional vision provides white box models of the system where one describes all concrete...
Continue reading2.3 CESAM Systems Architecture Pyramid
As discussed in the previous section, any system can be analyzed from an operational, functional...
Continue reading2.4 More Systems Architecture Dimensions (1/2)
Architectural visions are however not the only architectural dimensions of a system. We shall now...
Continue reading2.4 More Systems Architecture Dimensions (2/2)
The dynamic of a static element of a system S refers to its temporal behavior...
Continue reading2.5 CESAM Systems Architecture Matrix
We are now in position to introduce CESAM Systems Architecture Matrix, which is presented in...
Continue reading3.1 Why Identifying Stakeholders?
Stakeholder identification, or equivalently environment architecture, is a key systemic analysis: each mistake in this...
Continue reading3.2 The key Deliverables of Environment Architecture
For any system S, environment architecture has two core deliverables: the stakeholder hierarchy diagram that...
Continue reading4.1 Why Understanding Interactions with Stakeholders?
Operational architecture, or equivalently operational analysis, intends to precisely understand the interactions among time between...
Continue reading4.2 The key Deliverables of Operational Architecture
Let S be a system. The need architecture diagram of S is then a hierarchical...
Continue reading5.1 Why Understanding What Does the System?
Functional architecture, or equivalently functional analysis, intends to describe precisely the different functions of a...
Continue reading5.2 The key Deliverables of Functional Architecture
Let S be a system. The functional requirement architecture diagram of S is then a...
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