Research in Systems Architecting

abstract Researching architecting methods is a very abstract activity at a large distance from actual product creation. The relation between product creation, architecting, architecting methods and architecting methods research is shown.

The technology management cycle model is explained and mapped on product creation and research. This model is used as the basis to describe an "ideal" research method that is used to study architecting methods.

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2.0 April 5, 2004 Gerrit Muller

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1.9 March 17, 2004 Gerrit Muller

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1.8 February 27, 2004 Gerrit Muller

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1.7 January 12, 2004 Gerrit Muller

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1.6 December 2, 2003 Gerrit Muller

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1.5 November 28, 2003 Gerrit Muller

renamed section "Other sources of Practical Case Data" into "Research environment" and significant update of this section
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1.4 November 5, 2003 Gerrit Muller

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1.3 September 30, 2003 Gerrit Muller

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1.2 September 30, 2003 Gerrit Muller

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1.1 July 7, 2003 Gerrit Muller

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1.0 March 21, 2003 Gerrit Muller

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0.3 February 11, 2003 Gerrit Muller

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0.2 February 6, 2003 Gerrit Muller

added text about methods in the technology management cycle
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0.1 January 24, 2003 Gerrit Muller

Citation for industry as laboratory completed

0 January 10, 2003 Gerrit Muller

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