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How to Create an Architecture Overview

abstract A short specific overview of an architecture is a powerful means during product creation. This article addresses how to create such an overview. One of the main issues is the need for breadth, what needs to be included and for whom, and the balancing act of providing sufficient depth, what are crucial details that are part of this top-level description. Also the way of describing is discussed, from stakeholder needs to ambiguity and the level of formalism.

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History

1.2 July 20, 2006 Gerrit Muller
  • minor textual changes
1.1 July 5, 2006 Gerrit Muller
  • added context to approach
  • added customer operations to stakeholder diagram
1.0 July 5, 2006 Gerrit Muller
  • added top level IEEE 1471 diagram
  • added diagrams with forms and mediums
  • added diagram and text about structure
  • changed status to draft
0.1 July 4, 2006 Gerrit Muller
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  • changed status to preliminary draft
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0 June 27, 2006 Gerrit Muller
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