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System Architecture Forum:
Discuss practices, research,
and lessons learned with regard to the practical
development, implementation and management of
system architectures
Jointly Hosted By:
Objective
The forum will have an emphasis on practical
systems architecting and the application of
architectural information and knowledge. The
objective is to provide a venue for the exchange
of practical experience in the realm of
development, implementation and management of
system and enterprise architectures. This shall in
turn be a platform for the exchange of ideas for
improved practices in the above areas as well as
the goal-oriented use of architectural knowledge
and information in various life cycle phases and
enterprise functions.
Format
The forum will meet at regular intervals for a
workshop equivalent to approximately one working
day. A pre-defined topic will be discussed from
two perspectives. The first perspective will be
the “rear-view mirror” with exchange of experience
around current and past practices, best and worst
practices. The second perspective will look ahead
with exchange of ideas to improve current
practices. Research fellows from The Embedded
Systems Institute (in Europe) and Stevens
Institute of Technology (in the United States)
will facilitate each workshop, capture the
exchange and develop a white-paper summarizing the
outcome of each workshop.
Organization
The forum will meet twice a year, alternately in
Europe and in the USA. Each meeting will be hosted
by one of the participating companies. ESI (for
Europe) and SIT (for the USA) will lead the
practical organization and meeting facilitation.
Participants
The forum is initially aiming for participation
from 8-12 organizations (or subdivisions thereof)
that consider themselves non-competing to the
extent that it will not impede an open and
constructive exchange of experiences and ideas.
The participating organizations shall have
identified the value of systems architecting and
have a clear intent to improve their practices in
this area. The participating individuals shall be
actively practicing, experienced architects at a
system/product level or business/enterprise level.
In addition to corporate representatives, the
participating research institutions, The
Embedded Systems Institute (ESI) and Stevens
Institute of Technology (SIT), will participate
with research fellows for facilitation and
knowledge capture.
Participate
Participation is on an
invite-only basis. When you are seriously
interested in becoming a member of the
Architecting Forum, you can contact us (see
contact page). Please check this page first
before expressing your interest.
Meetings
The Architecting Forum meets
twice a year. In spring the meeting is in the
USA, in Autumn the meeting is in Europe.
Click here for an
overview of the meetings.
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