Process and Organization
Process Decomposition of a Business
Intermezzo: What Is a Process?
Product Creation Process
Intermezzo: The Importance of Feedback
The Systems Architecting Process
Intermezzo: Products, Projects, Services
Role and Task of the Systems Architect
The Awakening of a Systems Architect
Intermezzo: Systems Titles and Roles
The Role and Task of the Systems Architect
Intermezzo: Dynamic Range of Abstraction Levels in Architecting
Architecting Interaction Styles
From Customer Understanding to Requirements
CAFCR+: A Model to Relate Customer Needs to System Realization
Fundamentals of Requirements
Key Driver How to
Requirements Elicitation and Selection
Systems Architect Methods and Means
Intermezzo: The Toolbox of the Systems Architect
Basic Working Methods of an Architect
Story How to
Strategy
Intermezzo: Business Strategy–Methods, and Models
Roadmapping
Intermezzo: Change Management–Introducing Systems Architecting Aspects
Market Product Life-Cycle Consequences for Architecting
Harvesting Synergy, Product Families
Product Families and Generic Aspects
A Method to Explore Synergy between Products
Supporting Processes
Systems Architects and Supporting Processes
Granularity of Documentation
Intermezzo: LEAN and A3 Approach to Supporting Processes
Systems and Software
The Role of Software in Systems
System Integration: How
Boardroom Presentation
Intermezzo: Architect versus Manager; the Tense Relation
How to Present Architecture Issues to Higher Management
Human Side
The Human Side of Architecting
Function Profiles: The Sheep with Seven Legs
Interpersonal Skills
Teamwork
Reflection and Wrap-Up
Reflection Applied on Systems Architecting
Wrap-Up
References
Pictorial Index
Biography
Gerrit Muller
