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The Method Framework for Engineering System Architectures

by Donald G. Firesmith et al.

2009 (512 pages)

ISBN:9781420085754

Offering a practical way to generate effective and efficient project-specific system architecture engineering methods, this volume addresses the entire range of systems architecture including hardware, software, subsystems, and systems of systems.

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The Method Framework for Engineering System Architectures
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1	-	Introduction
Chapter 2	-	System Architecture Engineering Challenges
Chapter 3	-	System Architecture Engineering Principles
Chapter 4	-	MFESA—An Overview
Chapter 5	-	MFESA—The Ontology of Concepts and Terminology
Chapter 6	-	Task 1—Plan and Resource the Architecture Engineering Effort
Chapter 7	-	Task 2—Identify the Architectural Drivers
Chapter 8	-	Task 3—Create the First Versions of the Most Important Architectural Models
Chapter 9	-	Task 4—Identify Opportunities for the Reuse of Architectural Elements
Chapter 10	-	Task 5—Create the Candidate Architectural Visions
Chapter 11	-	Task 6—Analyze Reusable Components and Their Sources
Chapter 12	-	Task 7—Select or Create the Most Suitable Architectural Vision
Chapter 13	-	Task 8—Complete the Architecture and its Representations
Chapter 14	-	Task 9—Evaluate and Accept the Architecture
Chapter 15	-	Task 10—Maintain the Architecture and its Representations
Chapter 16	-	MFESA Method Components—Architectural Workers
Chapter 17	-	MFESA—The Metamethod for Creating Endeavor-Specific Methods
Chapter 18	-	Architecture and Quality
Chapter 19	-	Conclusions
Appendix A	-	Acronyms and Glossary
Appendix B	-	MFESA Method Components
Appendix C	-	List of Guidelines and Pitfalls
Appendix D	-	Decision-Making Techniques
Annotated References/Bibliography