Art of Systems Architecting

f 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. * Discusses a heuristics-based approach that provides an organized attack on very ill-structured engineering problems * Includes heuristics and case studies that address critical market segments, such as builder-architected systems, software-systems, and systems-of-systems * Examines 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 * Provides methods for integrating business strategy with technical architectural decision making * Covers the foundations of systems architecting, the general roots of the practices, and practitioner guidance