Architecture and Design Fundamentals

by Gerrit Muller University of South-Eastern Norway]

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www.gaudisite.nl

Abstract

Defining and illustrating architectures. Architectures go beyond system structure

(parts, interfaces, fucntions, allocation). Architectures connect design to the
context, by capturing customer value proposition, and the business proposition.

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One Architecture Facilitates many Solutions

flat detector C/V

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mA

cardio

single cardio vascular

X-ray architecture
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vascular
many designs
many variants
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Architecture Description
Value Proposition Business Proposition
Why does customer want to buy? How do we earn money?
Why do users like to use the system? How do we run a healthy business?
customer key drivers life cycle key drivers
cost of ownership business model Why
customer business analysis cash flow analysis
customer stakeholders and concerns life cycle stakeholders and concerns
work flow or ConOps life cycle model
et cetera supply chain
System Specification
What does customer get?
What is the system-of-interest that we deliver?
functions
qualities (e.g. quantified performance)
What
interfaces
constraints, standards, regulations
Design
How will we realize this specification?
How do we ensure performance, safety, robustness, etc.?
partitioning and interfaces
dynamic behavior, e.g. functional model
performance models and budgets
concept and technology selection
How
Engineering
Getting all details right for all business functions.
technical product documentation

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Functional Model for System Creation

stakeholder specification
needs
architecting
business
objectives

design procurement

architecture
guidelines design production
top-level design partitioning
interfaces
rationale engineering installation
functions
allocation quality
documentation assurance
system and parts data
procedures lifecycle
support

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Structure = Parts + Interfaces + Configuration

ultimate goal: to facilitate:

· modular component catalogue · fast creation of solutions
· well-defined interfaces · concurrent engineering
· independent testable · logistics and production
· variations and changes

A1 A2 A3 A4 A1 A4 A2 A3 A4

B1 B2
B1 B2

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5 Gerrit Muller ARCVpartitioning
Designing Desired Qualities and Behavior

· How do parts interact to create

desired dynamic behavior?
· allocate functions
A2 A3 A4
· How do desired qualities and
performance emerge from the
interaction?
· dimension and configure
parts and functions
B2

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Design = Structure + Dynamics + Quantification

prime interest prime system

characteristics
of customer responsibility

results in

dynamics functionality

interact
prime interest
parts
of organization

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Our Primary Interest

developing system of
organization interest

architect

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Context, Zoom-out and Zoom-in

customer super
organization system

developing system of
organization interest

architect

supplier subsystems
organization

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Adding the Time Dimension

past current future

customer past super super future super
organization system system system

developing past system system of future system

organization of interest interest of interest

architect knowledge innovation

supplier past subsystems future

organization subsystems subsystems

based on TRIZ

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Architect,Architecture, Architecting

past current future

customer past super super future super
organization system system system

developing past system system of future system

organization of interest interest of interest
architecting
architecture
architect knowledge innovation

past subsystems future

subsystems subsystems

supplier
organization
based on TRIZ

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11 Gerrit Muller SEMABarchitecting