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Process Decomposition of a Business

abstract This article positions the system architecture process in a wider business scope. This positioning is intended to help understanding the processes in which the system architect (or team of system architects) is involved.

It focuses on an organization that creates and builds systems consisting of hardware and software. Although other product areas such as solution providers, services, courseware, et cetera also need system architects, the process structure will deviate from the structure as presented here.

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History

1.1 June 14, 2010 Gerrit Muller
  • textual improvements
  • status changed to concept
1.0 June 14, 2005 Gerrit Muller
  • Added color to figures
  • some visualization improvements
  • figures according to naming convention
0.3 April 9 2002 Gerrit Muller
  • minor changes only
0.2 September 21 2001 Gerrit Muller
  • abstract added
0.1 March 7 2000 Gerrit Muller
  • Generic Something Creation Process changed in Generic Developments Creation Process
0 February 24 2000 Gerrit Muller
  • Created by taking the relevant sections of the article "Positioning the System Architecture Process" and adding more Process specific information to it.

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