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SYSMOD Zigzag Base Architecture - FFDS example

The Base Architecture

17. July 2012

How to relate requirements and architecture on different abstraction levels The SYSMOD zigzag pattern describes the different levels of abstractions and the relationship between requirements and architecture. Your system requirements do not start at the very top of the levels, i.e. they already include some technical decisions. The base architecture is the architecture one level above…
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The SYSMOD Zigzag Pattern

26. March 2012

Are your requirements really free of any solution? Requirements describe the What, the system architecture describes the How. Sounds easy, but…. Requirements are solution-free and they contain solution aspects at the same time. It depends on the level of abstraction. Let’s assume that you have absolutely solution-free requirements (I argue that those requirements are not…
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