The Art of Systems Architecting is for present and future systems architects, for experienced engineers and managers interested in extending their expertise beyond a single field, and for individuals concerned with creating, building, or using complex systems. This innovative text directly addresses the problems inherent in creating and building new and complex systems for electronics, computer, software, aerospace, and government purposes. Today's challenges demand that a new class of tools, heuristic and qualitative, be added to the familiar ones of analysis and optimization. Today's architecting must handle the types of systems that have been unknown until very recently, e.g., systems that are very high-quality, real-time, closed-loop, reconfigurable, interactive, software-intensive, and, for all practical purposes, autonomous. The Art of Systems Architecting provides these tools by introducing the non-qualitative architectural concepts of systems thinking, heuristics, tensions, feedback architectures, modeling, and progressive design. Move beyond the traditional science of systems engineering and into the complementary art of architecting. It's all waiting for you in this one-of-a-kind book.

The Art of Systems Architecting (Systems Engineering)

Engineering & Transportation

Maier, Mark W.

Rechtin, Eberhardt

Engineering

CRC-Press

Product Description If engineering is the art and science of technical problem solving, systems architecting happens when you don’t yet know what the problem is. The third edition of a highly respected bestseller, The Art of Systems Architecting provides in-depth coverage of the least understood part of systems design: moving from a vague concept and limited resources to a satisfactory and feasible system concept and an executable program. The book provides a practical, heuristic approach to the "art" of systems architecting. It provides methods for embracing, and then taming, the growing complexity of modern systems.New in the Third Edition:Five major case studies illustrating successful and unsuccessful practicesInformation on architecture frameworks as standards for architecture descriptionsNew methods for integrating business strategy and architecture and the role of architecture as the technical embodiment of strategyIntegration of process guidance for organizing and managing architecture projectsUpdates to the rapidly changing fields of software and systems-of-systems architectureOrganization of heuristics around a simple and practical process model A Practical Heuristic Approach to the Art of Systems ArchitectingExtensively rewritten to reflect the latest developments, the text explains how to create a system from scratch, presenting invention/design rules together with clear explanations of how to use them. The author supplies practical guidelines for avoiding common systematic failures while implementing new mandates. He uses a heuristics-based approach that provides an organized attack on very ill-structured engineering problems. Examining architecture as more than a set of diagrams and documents, but as a set of decisions that either drive a system to success or doom it to failure, the book provide methods for integrating business strategy with technical architectural decision making. About the Author Mark W. Maier

Business & Money

Economics

If engineering is the art and science of technical problem solving, systems architecting happens when you don’t yet know what the problem is. The third edition of a highly respected bestseller, The Art of Systems Architecting provides in-depth coverage of the least understood part of systems design: moving from a vague concept and limited resources to a satisfactory and feasible system concept and an executable program. The book provides a practical, heuristic approach to the "art" of systems architecting. It provides methods for embracing, and then taming, the growing complexity of modern systems. New in the Third Edition: <ul>
<li>Five major case studies illustrating successful and unsuccessful practices</li> <li>Information on architecture frameworks as standards for architecture descriptions</li> <li>New methods for integrating business strategy and architecture and the role of architecture as the technical embodiment of strategy</li> <li>Integration of process guidance for organizing and managing architecture projects</li> <li>Updates to the rapidly changing fields of software and systems-of-systems architecture</li> <li>Organization of heuristics around a simple and practical process model</li> </ul>
 A Practical Heuristic Approach to the Art of Systems Architecting Extensively rewritten to reflect the latest developments, the text explains how to create a system from scratch, presenting invention/design rules together with clear explanations of how to use them. The author supplies practical guidelines for avoiding common systematic failures while implementing new mandates. He uses a heuristics-based approach that provides an organized attack on very ill-structured engineering problems. Examining architecture as more than a set of diagrams and documents, but as a set of decisions that either drive a system to success or doom it to failure, the book provide methods for integrating business strategy with technical architectural decision making.

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The Art of Systems Architecting (Systems Engineering)

The Art of Systems Architecting (Systems Engineering)

The Art of Systems Architecting (Systems Engineering)