A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Architecture frameworks have become a popular means of coping with the complexity of today's enterprises. They support the specification of architectures by providing a method for designing and describing them. An architecture framework typically defines a common terminology, a set of views focusing on particular aspects of the architecture, a set of architecture types with varying levels of detail, and a methodology for the development and maintenance of an architecture and its views. Despite their benefits, the adoption of an architecture framework is nontrivial in practice and does not always meet the expectations of the target audience. There are several reasons for this. First, the semantics of views -- both in terms of what and how -- leaves room for interpretation that must be filled by the architect(s). Second, the definition and maintenance of an architecture involves many different stakeholders and requires a modeling process. Finally, proper tool support is an important aspect when it comes to collaboration and promoting one's findings. Section 1 introduces the concepts of architectures and architecture frameworks. In section 2, the NATO Architecture Framework is described in more detail. In section 3, we list some expectations of the target audience. In the following subsections, we take a closer look at semantic issues regarding the framework itself, organizational aspects, and tool support. The paper concludes with a short summary in section 4. The presentation includes briefinbg charts.
Architecture frameworks have become a popular means of coping with the complexity of today's enterprises. They support the specification of architectures by providing a method for designing and describing them. An architecture framework typically defines a common terminology, a set of views focusing on particular aspects of the architecture, a set of architecture types with varying levels of detail, and a methodology for the development and maintenance of an architecture and its views. Despite their benefits, the adoption of an architecture framework is nontrivial in practice and does not always meet the expectations of the target audience. There are several reasons for this. First, the semantics of views -- both in terms of what and how -- leaves room for interpretation that must be filled by the architect(s). Second, the definition and maintenance of an architecture involves many different stakeholders and requires a modeling process. Finally, proper tool support is an important aspect when it comes to collaboration and promoting one's findings. Section 1 introduces the concepts of architectures and architecture frameworks. In section 2, the NATO Architecture Framework is described in more detail. In section 3, we list some expectations of the target audience. In the following subsections, we take a closer look at semantic issues regarding the framework itself, organizational aspects, and tool support. The paper concludes with a short summary in section 4. The presentation includes briefinbg charts.
Benefits and Challenges of Architecture Frameworks
2011
40 pages
Report
No indication
English
Computer Software , Computer Hardware , Computers, Control & Information Theory , Software engineering , Nato , Information systems , Computer architecture , Semantics , Network architecture , Models , Germany , Systems engineering , Symposia , Department of defense , Architecture frameworks , Nato architecture framework , Software architecture , Modaf(Ministry of defence architecture framework) , Dodaf(Department of defense architecture framework) , Enterprise architectures , Togaf(The open group architecture) , Foreign reports , Briefing charts
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