5. Describing and sharing architecture
5.1 Clarify the architecture description iteratively
As we saw earlier, architectural decisions set the pace for architectural design. Each decision taken, or compromise reached, shapes the architectural solution more and more precisely. This sheds light on certain points, while deliberately leaving a degree of vagueness and uncertainty, thus creating room for freedom for the various engineering teams, while at the same time pointing them in the right direction.
An architectural description must reveal the direction taken, the big ideas, the principles that will subsequently direct engineering, industrialization and operations, and not the details. It does not aim for coherence or completeness (unlike systems engineering representations). More precisely, an...
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Bibliography
Software tools
The design and validation of complex system architectures are generally covered by software tools:
that are general in scope and not linked to the specific field of architecture. For example, note-taking or mind-mapping tools can be used to support the perception of what already exists;
or very specific and often proprietary tools. For example, a "Battle...
Events
CSDM (Complex Systems Design and Management) conference, held every year in Paris.
The INCOSE conference takes place every year, at different venues.
IEEE ISSE Conference, held every year at different venues.
Standards and norms
- ISO Systems and software engineering – Software lifecycle processes - ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207:2008 - 2008
- ISO Systems and software engineering – System lifecycle processes - ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015 - 2015
- ISO Enterprise, systems and software – Architecture processes - ISO/IEC/IEEE 42020:201x - En développement
- ISO Industrial automation systems – Requirements for enterprise reference architectures and...
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