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System Architecting

abstract This book addresses the role of the system architect and the role of the system architecting process within the business:
  • What is the role and the task of the (system) architect?
  • How does the architect do his work?
  • What are the main activities of the architect?
  • How does the architect fit in the organization?
  • What kind of person is the architect?
  • How does architecting fit in the business?

Note: this book is likely to be refactored in smaller books in the future.

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History

1.8 July 28, 2010 Gerrit Muller
  • added ToolBoxSystemArchitect, ChangeManagementIntoducingSystems
1.7 July 10, 2010 Gerrit Muller
  • added BusinessStrategyMethodsModels
1.6 July 7, 2010 Gerrit Muller
  • added Dynamic Range of Abstraction Levels in Architecting
1.5 June 30, 2010 Gerrit Muller
  • refactored chapter requirements into: CAFCR introduction, Fundamentals of Requirements Engineering, Key Driver How to, Requirements Elicitation and Selection.
1.4 June 26, 2010 Gerrit Muller
  • added chapter "Product, Projects, and Services"
  • added chapter "Systems Titles and Roles"
1.3 June 3, 2004 Gerrit Muller
  • added chapter '"Simplistic Financial Computations"
1.2 May 28, 2004 Gerrit Muller
  • divided the book in Parts
  • removed the chapter about Medical Imaging
1.1 March 29, 2004 Gerrit Muller
  • added "Architecting Styles"
1.0 June 12, 2003 Gerrit Muller
  • added "How to appraise or assess an architect?"
  • added refactoring notice to the abstract and introduction
0.9 January 21, 2003 Gerrit Muller
  • minor changes
0.8 November 1, 2002 Gerrit Muller
  • Added chapter "How to present architecture issues to higher management"
0.7 October 3, 2002 Gerrit Muller
  • Added chapter "The role of roadmapping in the strategy process"
  • added chapter "Market Product lifecycle consequences for architecting"
  • changed order of chapters "Roadmapping" and "Requirements"
0.6 August 5, 2002 Gerrit Muller
  • Changed title to "System Architecting"
0.5 June 22, 2001 Gerrit Muller
  • corrected part of missing or wrong references and citations
0.4 February 6, 2001 Gerrit Muller
  • Added chapter "Function Profiles; The sheep with 7 legs"
0.3 November 1, 2000 Gerrit Muller
  • Added chapter "Role and Task of the System Architect"
  • Added chapter "Role of Software in Complex Systems"
0.2 March 29, 2000 Gerrit Muller
  • Added chapter "Product Families Business Analysis and Family Definition"
0.1 March 24, 2000 Gerrit Muller
  • Added Preface; System Architecture: The Golden Bullet?
0 March 21, 2000 Gerrit Muller
  • Created very preliminary bookstructure from available Gaudí articles and intermezzo's, no changelog yet

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