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Proposed Future Topics for Discussion

System Architecture Forum, Oct 4-5, 2005, Nokia HQ

  Suggested Topic Votes Related Topics
1 Complexity 3  
2 Evolvability 1  
3 Architectural and other assets lifecycle management    
4 What are our collective beliefs and what if they are
wrong?		    
5 Architecture views 2 29
6 Define system architect's role as role in a development
process		 2 15
7 Effective guidance from architect dependent on phase of
project		 1  
8 Language and how we communicate 1  
9 Skill set - personal profile of a sys architect 1  
10 Architectural families. Viewpoint: when do you decide that
prods are so far apart that you rather have 2 architectures		 1 14, 16
11 Economics of scale for architecture consistency 1  
12 Talent development 1 17
13 Architecture standards in use 2 7
14 Reuse and platforms 3 10, 16
15 Role of architecture descriptions throughout lc 2 6
16 How to handle variability 1  
17 How to increase managers and technical people
competence to make a pull for system architecting – help
deployment		    
18 How to measure what is good architecture – evaluate
architecture 		3  
19 Architecture modeling and simulation 1  
20 Role of functions vs. the infrastructure supporting them –
bone vs. meat		 1  
21 Architecting for network centric systems – different? 1  
22 What happens in the real world when the plans fall apart 1  
23 Start a list of terms and definitions    
24 External orientation of the architect – market customer,
competition		    
25 What does a sys arch contribute to corp governance 2  
26 Art or profession?    
27 Actual architectures 2  
28 Architecture management, compliance, governance 2  
29 Models used to describe the architecture 2 5
30 Feedback mechanisms to the architect   17, 25, 30
31 Architecture description end users and needs 3 5, 15, 29
32 How to detect and distill architecturally significant
requirements		 2