Systems Architecting: a Business Perspective

Viewpoint Hopping 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Course Program 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

What is Architecting? 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Goals of the Gaudí Project 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Chapter 1: Process and Organization

1.1 Process Decomposition of a Business

Simplified Decomposition of the Business 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Financial Characterization of Decomposition 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

The Value Chain and the Opposite Feedback Flow 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Decomposition of the Customer Oriented Process 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

1.2 Intermezzo: What Is a Process

Process Attributes 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

A process within an abstraction hierarchy 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Organization Attributes 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Weak Spots of Organization View 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

1.3 Product Creation Process

The Product Creation Process in Business Context 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Phasing of the PCP at Business Level 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Phasing the Design Control Process 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Advantages and Disadvantages of a Phased Process 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Characteristics of a Phase Model 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

V-model versus Evolutionary PCP model 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Decisions and Phase Transitions 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Operational Organization of the PCP 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Decomposition of the Product Creation Process 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

The Rules of the Operational Game 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Prime Responsibilities of the Operational Leader 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Operational Teams 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

1.4 Intermezzo: The Importance of Feedback

Deviation with and without Feedback 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Example with Different Feedback Cycles 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Schools of Architectures 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Theoretical vs Practical work per phase 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Feedback per phase 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Position Statements 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

1.5 The Systems Architecting Process

System Architecting Process in Business Context 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Map of System Architecting Process and Neighborhood 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

System Architecting Relation between PPP and PCP 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

1.6 Intermezzo: Products, Projects, Services

Projects versus Products 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Convergence of Projects and Products 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Simplified process diagram for project business 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Example of extensive complex of services 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Model of operational services 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

System of Systems 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Chapter 2: Role and Task of the System Architect

2.1 The Awakening of a System Architect

Typical Growth of a System Architect 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Generalist versus Specialist 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Generalists and Specialists are Complementary 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Spectrum from Specialist to System Architect 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

2.2 Intermezzo: Systems Titles and Roles

Is Every Architect an Architect? 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Commonly used Titles mapped on Development Life Cycle 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

2.3 The Role and Task of the System Architect

Deliverables of the System Architect 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

List of Deliverables 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Responsibilities of the System Architect 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Examples of Secondary Responsibilities 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

What does the System Architect do? 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

From Detail to Overview 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Visible Output versus Invisible Work 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

2.4 Intermezzo: Dynamic Range of Abstraction Levels in Architecting

Level of Abstraction Single System 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

From system to Product Family or Portfolio 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Product Family in Context 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Architecting 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Design and Engineering 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Frequently observed gaps 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

2.5 Architecting Interaction Styles

Architecting Styles 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Chapter 3: From Customer Understanding to Requirements

3.1 CAFCR+: a Model to relate customer needs to system Realization

The ``CAFCR'' model 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Integrating CAFCR 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

CAFCR can be applied recursively 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Example of a small buying organization 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

CAFCR+ model; Life Cycle View 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

3.2 Fundamentals Of Requirements

Definition of ``Requirement'' 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Flow of Requirements 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

System as a Black Box 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Stakeholders w.r.t. Requirements 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

The ``Formal'' Requirements for Requirements 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

The Requirements to Enable Human Use 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

3.3 Key Driver How to

Example Motorway Management Analysis 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Transformation of Key Drivers into Requirements 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Method to create Key Driver Graph 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Recommendation for the Definition of Key Drivers 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

3.4 Requirements Elicitation and Selection

Complementary Viewpoints to Capture Requirements 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Requirement Selection Process 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Simple Qualification Method 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Examples of Quantifiable Aspects 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Chapter 4: System Architect Methods and Means

4.1 Intermezzo: The Toolbox of the Systems Architect

Classification of Architecting Tools 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

4 Quadrant Comparison of computerized and human tools 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Tools Support Processing of Large Amounts of Details 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

From Data to Understandable Information 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Data Flow Early in Creation Process 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Data Flow Mapped on Pyramid 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Formality Levels in Pyramid 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

4.2 Basic Working Methods of an Architect

Many viewpoints 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Viewpoint Hopping 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

The seemingly random exploration path 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Scanning modes of the architect 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Combined open perceptive and goal oriented scanning 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Coverage of problem and solution space 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Decomposition, interfaces and integration 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Successive quantification refinement 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Example evolution of quantification 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Quantified understanding of waferstepper overlay 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Architect focus on important issues 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Architect ``worry'' list 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Modelling 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Some examples of models 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Types of models 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Questions 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Why broadens scope, How opens details 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Flow from problem to solution 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Multiple propositions 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Assessment of propositions 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Recursive and concurrent application of flow 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

4.3 Story How to

From story to design 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Example story layout 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Criteria for a good story 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Example of a story 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Value and Challenges in this story 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Chapter 5: Strategy

5.1 Intermezzo: Business Strategy; Methods and Models

Some Basic Concepts 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

BAPO framework 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

SWOT analysis 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Core, Key, and Base Technologies 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Examples of Business Models 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Where in the Value Chain? 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Innovation requires all major contributors 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

5.2 Roadmapping

The Roadmap Integrates Five Views 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Granularity of Roadmap Material 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Problems that Occur without Roadmapping 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Management with a Limited Horizon 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Management with a Broader Time Perspective 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Creation or Update of Roadmap in Burst Mode 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Typical Stakeholders of a Roadmap 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Target of the First Session 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Target of the Second Session 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

The Roadmap Update Visualized in Time 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

From Roadmap to Detailed Plans 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

3-Tier Approach 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Roadmap Essentials 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Requirements for a Good Roadmap 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Sources of Facts 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Causes for Overestimation 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

5.3 Intermezzo: Change Management; Introducing Systems Architecting Aspects

Change Management Heuristics 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Introduction of Changes by Earning Credit and by Example 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Bootstrapping the Roadmap Process 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Roadmap Bootstrapping Spiral Model 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

5.4 Market Product Life Cycle Consequences for Architecting

Ideal Bathtub Curve 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Market Product Life Cycle Phases in Practice 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Examples of Product Classes on the Curve 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Attributes per Phase 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Chapter 6: Harvesting Synergy, Product Families

6.1 Product Families and Generic Aspects

Typical Examples of Generic Developments 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Claimed Advantages of Generic Developments 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Experiences with reuse, from counterproductive to effective 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Successful examples of reuse 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Limits of successful reuse 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Drivers for Generic Developments 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Granularity of generic developments shown in 2 dimensions 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Modified Process Decomposition 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Financial Viewpoint on Process Decomposition 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Value and Feedback Flow 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Modified Operational Organization PCP 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Models for Generic Development 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Propagation Delay Platform Feature to Market 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Sources of Failure in Generic Developments 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

6.2 A Method to Explore Synergy between Products

Types of synergy 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Approach to Platform Business Analysis 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Explore Markets, Customers, Products and Technologies 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Study one Customer and Product 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Work Flow Analysis for Different Customers/Applications 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Make Map of Customers and Market Segments 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Identify Product Features and Technology Components 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Mapping From Markets to Components 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Example Criteria for Determining Value 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Determine Value of Features 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Example Platform Scoping 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Chapter 7: Supporting Processes

7.1 Systems Architects And Supporting Processes

Some of the Supporting Processes 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

How to Cope with Problems 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

7.2 Granularity of Documentation

Requirements for the Entire Documentation Structure 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Requirements from Reader Point of View 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Requirements per Document 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Accessibility Requirements 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Responsibility Requirements 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Scalability Requirements 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

The Stakeholders of a Single Document 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Decomposition of Large Documents 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Documentation Tree by Recursive Decomposition 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Payload: the Ratio between Content and Overhead 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

7.3 Intermezzo: LEAN and A3 Approach to Supporting Processes

Characteristics of LEAN 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Example of A3 Architecture Overview 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

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Chapter 8: Systems and Software

8.1 The Role of Software in Systems

Relative Contribution of SW 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Control Hierarchy along Technology axis 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Characterization of disciplines 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Quality Attributes annotated with SW relation 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Design Aspects related to SW 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

SW Mechanisms 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

8.2 System Integration How to

Typical Concurrent Product Creation Process 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Zooming in on Integration and Tests 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Integration Takes Place in a Bottom-up Fashion 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Transition from Previous System to New System 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Alternatives to Integrate a Subsystem Early in the Project 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Stepwise Integration Approach 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Order of Functions Required for the IQ of a Waferstepper 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Roles and Responsibilities During the Integration Process 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Simplified Process Diagram 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Configuration Management Entities 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Typical Order of Integration Problems 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Chapter 9: Board Room Presentation

9.1 Intermezzo: Architect and Manager; the Tense Relation

Which Managers? 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Comparison of Caricature of Architects and Managers 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

List of Modern Management Techniques 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

9.2 How to Present Architecture Issues to Higher Management

Architectural issues related to managerial viewpoints 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Characteristics of managers in higher management teams 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

How to prepare 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Recommended content 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Mentioned info, shown info and backup info 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Form is important 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Don't force your opinion, understand the audience 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

How to cope with managerial dominance 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Chapter 10: Human Side

10.1 The Human Side of Architecting

Overview of Human Aspects 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Context and Stakeholders of Product Creation 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

10.2 Function Profiles; The Sheep with Seven Legs

System Architect 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Test Engineer 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Developer 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Operational Leader 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Line Manager 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Commercial Manager 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

The numbers behind the bars 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

10.3 Interpersonal Skills

Active listening: the art of the receiver to decode the message 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Intense interaction needed for mutual understanding 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Mutual understanding as function of time 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

10.4 Team Work

Teams consist of complementary people 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Organization size and teams 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Very simplistic team model 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Hierarchical simplistic team model 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Many personality and role models are available 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Process of creating and using a team 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

``War Room'' is very effective 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Fragmentation lowers efficiency 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Concurrency 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

One person will be member of multiple teams 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Critical Success Factors for teams 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Chapter 11: Reflection and Wrap up

11.1 Reflection Applied on Systems Architecting

Scope: What to Reflect on 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Reflection Cycle 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercises

Exercise Chapter 1; Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 1; Less Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 2; Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 3; Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 3; Less Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 4; Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 4; Less Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 5; Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 5; Less Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 6; Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 6; Less Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 7; Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 7; Less Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 8; Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 8; Less Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 9 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 9; Example Schedule 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 9; Hints for Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 10; Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 10; Work Form 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 10; Less Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 11; Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Exercise Chapter 11; Less Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Homework Chapter 11; Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl

Homework Chapter 11; Less Experienced Students 11/27/2018 www.gaudisite.nl