LibGuides: CIS421 v2: Week 1

Week 1 Required Resources

Textbook

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Collaborative Enterprise Architecture by Stefan Bente; Uwe Bombosch; Shailendra Langade
ISBN: 9780124159341

Publication Date: 2012-10-04

Ch. 1 - Why Collaborative Enterprise Architecture?
Ch. 2 - What is Enterprise Architecture?
Ch. 3 - What Enterprise Architects Do: Core Activities of EA
Topics covered for Week 1 include Collaborative Enterprise Architecture presented as an overview, and understanding what enterprise architects actually do.

Websites

About the Zachman Framework
Zachman, J. A. (2008). About the Zachman framework. https://zachman-feac.com/zachman/about-the-zachman-framework
The Zachman Framework™ IS NOT a methodology for creating the implementation (an instantiation) of the object. The Framework IS the ontology for describing the Enterprise. The Framework (ontology) is a STRUCTURE whereas a methodology is a PROCESS. A Structure is NOT a Process. A Structure establishes definition whereas a Process provides Transformation.
TOGAF Standard 10th Edition
The Open Group. TOGAF standard 10th edition. https://www.opengroup.org/togaf
The TOGAF® Standard, 10th Edition makes adoption of best practices easier. It will show you where to find enduring and universal concepts and proven best practice and it will also underscore where to look for new emerging ideas.
Unified Architecture Framework (UAF)
Unified Architecture Framework (UAF). (2024). Object Management Group. https://www.omg.org/uaf/
The Unified Architecture Framework® (UAF®) is based on the Unified Modeling Language™ (UML®), Systems Modeling Language™ (SysML®), the Unified Profile for the U.S. Department of Defense's Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and the U.K.'s Ministry of Defence's Architecture Framework (MoDAF™) (UPDM™) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Architecture Framework (NAF). When these military requirements were combined with business sector requirements (90% of concepts and themes captured in the military frameworks are equally applicable in the commercial domains), the UAF was born which serves both commercial and military interests.

Videos

UAF® Summit 2024: Actionable Architecture in the 21st Century video playlist
UAF® Summit 2024: Actionable Architecture in the 21st Century
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNl1oy_PghgOoOiEUwcwKpZ-3jcBL0_qR
The UAF® Summit 2024 presents the latest thinking around enterprise and system of systems architecture with real-world examples.
Digital Mission Architecture: Architecture-Based Decision Making for Mission Engineering and Integration
Object Management Group. (2024). Digital mission architecture: Architecture-based decision making for mission engineering and integration.
https://youtu.be/5P_Co_myqYA?si=AqWlAr5HThrgcbui
"The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)) defines the Department of Defense (DoD) mission engineering policy and implements related practices and operational analyses in an end-to-end mission context. Mission engineering enables the Office of the USD(R&E) (OUSD(R&E)) and the DoD to identify capability and technology gaps, provide mission-based solutions, and inform investments in technology development, prototyping, experimentation, procurement, and fielding.
The Dawn of Enterprise Architecture in the Air Force.
Object Management Group. (2024). The dawn of Enterprise Architecture in the air force.
https://youtu.be/9XKs7ZWXZ2g?si=kjHFcau9f5MYt66C
The Air Force has long used DoDAF to document solutions architectures at the systems level while using a completely separate and ever-changing variety of documents to plan our forces and their capabilities. With the advent of UAF, the Air Force is just beginning to use model-based systems engineering principles at a truly enterprise level to analyze and define the structure of our future forces and to build genuinely integrated plans for developing new capabilities.
Darth Vader’s Secret Weapon: Implementing Mission Engineering with UA.
Object Management Group. (2024). Darth Vader’s secret weapon: Implementing mission engineering with UA.
https://youtu.be/3rFf9DHPer8?si=aiIZNEIPp7gK9Hov
When planning and conducting a mission engineering study, it is important to have a complete, correct, and coherent model of the mission architecture. The Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) has been found to be effective for this purpose.
What is Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)?
Technia. (2023). What is Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)?
https://youtu.be/qsHGnl_7EeY?si=8UrpSerHvKwhtk4N
In this brief overview, TECHNIA CTO Johannes Storvik provides a brief history of the Model-Based approach to Systems Engineering and explains the modern-day requirement for this multi-disciplinary approach.
Systems Modeling Language™ v2 (SysML® v2) Overview
Object Management Group. (2023). Systems Modeling Language™ v2 (SysML® v2) Overview (by Object Management Group)
https://youtu.be/FXBlwmw5dEQ?si=6mo4ockC6LMKZQX1
Systems Modeling Language™ v2 (SysML® v2), whose beta version was just adopted by our Board of Directors and is currently in its finalization phase, will enable modeling of increasingly complex systems as part of the evolving practice of model-based systems engineering, and provide improved precision, expressiveness, consistency, usability, interoperability, and extensibility over SysML v1.