Learning architectural and system design

• Mastering the design of a complex system.
• Understanding the challenges of controlling the design phase.
• Knowing the main design approaches.
• Structuring the design approach around key activities.
• Introduction to methods and tools enabling the implementation of these activities.
• Understanding the role of modelling in design phases (SysML, etc.).
• Justifying, qualifying and validating an architectural solution.
• Optimising the designed system (value analysis, LCC, etc.).
• Anticipating control over the entire life cycle.

DAY 1

WHAT IS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN?
• Definitions and terminology,
• Role of system architecture,
• Principles of designing an architecture,
• Outputs of a design approach.

DESIGN APPROACHES
• Top-down and bottom-up approaches,
• Iterative approach,
• Design in a systems-of-systems context.

DEFINING AN OPERATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
• Reminder of the concept of service,
• System within its environment.

DEFINING A FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE
• Functional breakdown,
• Functional flows.

DAY 2

DEFINING THE EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR
• Scenarios.

DEFINING A LOGICAL ARCHITECTURE
• System decomposition techniques,
• Coupling matrices.

SPECIFYING THE SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE
• Technical choices and product breakdown,
• Illustration using the example of a software architecture.

DAY 3

SELECTING AND JUSTIFYING THE TECHNICAL SOLUTION
• Validating design choices,
• Decision trees,
• Technology maturity,
• Traceability of system data.

OPTIMISING A SYSTEM THROUGH VALUE ANALYSIS
• Concept of value,
• Value analysis – when and by whom?,
• The 7 key steps of value analysis.

ENSURING DESIGN ROBUSTNESS
• Introduction to Dependability,
• Preliminary risk analysis.

VERIFYING AND VALIDATING THE DESIGN
• Introduction,
• Integration – Verification,
• Validation – Qualification.

MASTERING DESIGN REFERENCE FRAMEWORKS

Programme Manager, Technical Manager, System Integrator, System Architect, Designer, Project Owner / Project Manager, Project Manager, Business Manager, Project Quality.

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