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1.5 The key Role of Systems Architects
Systems architecting would of course not exist without the right key people, i.e. systems architects,...
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1.6 How to Analyze a Systems Architect Profile ?
To conclude this chapter, we will briefly present the key characteristics of an (ideal) systems...
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2.1 Elements of Systemics
Before going further, we first need to introduce the notions of interface and of system...
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2.2 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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2.2 The three Architectural Visions (2/2)
The constructional vision provides white box models of the system where one describes all concrete...
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2.3 CESAM Systems Architecture Pyramid
As discussed in the previous section, any system can be analyzed from an operational, functional...
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2.4 More Systems Architecture Dimensions (1/2)
Architectural visions are however not the only architectural dimensions of a system. We shall now...
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2.4 More Systems Architecture Dimensions (2/2)
The dynamic of a static element of a system S refers to its temporal behavior...
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2.5 CESAM Systems Architecture Matrix
We are now in position to introduce CESAM Systems Architecture Matrix, which is presented in...
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3.1 Why Identifying Stakeholders?
Stakeholder identification, or equivalently environment architecture, is a key systemic analysis: each mistake in this...
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3.2 The key Deliverables of Environment Architecture
For any system S, environment architecture has two core deliverables: the stakeholder hierarchy diagram that...
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4.1 Why Understanding Interactions with Stakeholders?
Operational architecture, or equivalently operational analysis, intends to precisely understand the interactions among time between...
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4.2 The key Deliverables of Operational Architecture
Let S be a system. The need architecture diagram of S is then a hierarchical...
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5.1 Why Understanding What Does the System?
Functional architecture, or equivalently functional analysis, intends to describe precisely the different functions of a...
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5.2 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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