book

Model-based Systems Architecting

by Daniel Krob

June 2022

Intermediate to advanced

272 pages

7h 15m

English

Wiley-ISTE

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CESAMES and the CESAM CommunityCESAMES Systems Architecting Method (CESAM)How to read this book?The proposed agenda
I.1. Systems from a pragmatic perspectiveI.2. The need for a specific approach to deal with systemsI.3. Examples of systemsI.4. Systems are everywhere
1.1. CESAM: a mathematically sound system modeling framework1.2. CESAM: a framework focused on complex integrated systems1.3. CESAM: a collaboration-oriented architecting framework1.4. CESAM: a business-oriented framework
2.1. Product and project systems2.2. The complexity threshold2.3. Addressing systems architecting becomes key2.4. The value of systems architecting2.5. The key role of systems architects2.6. How to analyze a systems architect profile?
3.1. Elements of systemics3.2. The three architectural visions3.3. CESAM systems architecture pyramid3.4. More systems architecture dimensions3.5. CESAM systems architecture matrix
4.1. Why identify stakeholders?4.2. The key deliverables of environment architecture

5.1. Why understand interactions with stakeholders?5.2. The key deliverables of operational architecture
6.1. Why understand what the system does?6.2. The key deliverables of functional architecture
7.1. Understanding how the system is formed?7.2. The key deliverables of constructional architecture
8.1. Systems do not always behave as they should8.2. The key deliverables of dysfunctional analysis
9.1. Systems architecting does not usually lead to a unique solution9.2. Trade-off techniques
C.1. The first journey in systems architectingC.2. The other key systems architecting topicsC.3. Systems architecting in practiceC.4. How to develop a systems architecting leadership?C.5. Towards a new systems architecture modeling language
A2.1. Product problem 1 – the product system model does not capture realityA2.2. Product problem 2 – the product system has undesirable emergent propertiesA2.3. Project problem 1 – the project system has integration issuesA2.4 Project problem 2 – the project system diverts the product mission
A3.1. The system of interestA3.2. Environment architectureA3.3. Operational architectureA3.4. Functional architectureA3.5. Constructional architecture
A4.1. Generic structure of a SysML system model based on the CESAM frameworkA4.2. Example of organization of a SysML system model based on the CESAM framework

Overview

Model-based Systems Architecting is a key tool for designing complex industrial systems. It is dedicated to the working systems architects, engineers and modelers, in order to help them master the complex integrated systems that they are dealing with in their day-to-day professional lives.

It presents the CESAMES Systems Architecting Method (CESAM), a systems architecting and modeling framework which has been developed since 2003 in close interaction with many leading industrial companies, providing rigorous and unambiguous semantics for all classical systems architecture concepts. This approach is practically robust and easy-to-use: during the last decade, it was deployed in more than 2,000 real system development projects within the industry, and distributed to around 10,000 engineers around the globe.