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Light Weight Architecture: the way of the future?

abstract The question : "What is an architecture" is addressed. Trends in the customer world and in the technology are used to obtain an outline of the product requirements. The customer world itself is a value chain consisting of quite heterogeneous stakeholders.

To satisfy the needs of these customers an integral approach is required. Architectures play a key role in such an integral approach.

Architecture lessons from practice are given to illustrate criteria for a good architecture are discussed. The concept of architecture-weight is introduced.

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History

2.3 June 17,2010 Gerrit Muller
  • minor textual improvement
2.2 June 5, 2008 Gerrit Muller
  • textual improvements
  • Explanation added why profile does not extend to time to market
2.1 May 31 2002 Gerrit Muller
  • Updated figure "Criteria for an architecture"
  • Updated figure "The art of architecting" and added one sentence to the descriptive text.
2.0 May 29 2002 Gerrit Muller
  • Added the annotated text version

figures

LWAeffectiveness.stamp.gif LWAwhatIsArchitecture.stamp.gif LWAtableOfContents.stamp.gif LWAvalueChain.stamp.gif LWAconvergence.stamp.gif LWAintegrationAndDiversity.stamp.gif LWAdotcom.stamp.gif LWAmooresLawRvO.stamp.gif LWAproblemSpaceBusiness.stamp.gif LWAproblemSpaceTechnology.stamp.gif LWAsystemProfile.stamp.gif LWAsolutionSpaceTechnology.stamp.gif LWAsystemTechnologyMap.stamp.gif LWAfromStakeholderToQualities.stamp.gif LWAbapoFramework.stamp.gif LWAconclusionsPart1.stamp.gif LWAarchitectureHow.stamp.gif LWAarchitecting.stamp.gif LWAdecompositionAndIntegration.stamp.gif LWAplatformStability.stamp.gif LWAfirstTimeRight.stamp.gif LWAfeedbackLarge.stamp.gif LWAfeedbackMedium.stamp.gif LWAfeedbackSmall.stamp.gif LWAplatformEvolution.stamp.gif LWAarchitectureWeight.stamp.gif LWAarchitectureScope.stamp.gif LWAstakeholdersArchitecture.stamp.gif LWAeffectivenessCurves.stamp.gif LWAlightWeightHow.stamp.gif LWAlightWeightRuleHow.stamp.gif LWAsummary.stamp.gif