{"product_id":"the-art-of-systems-architecting-mark-w-maier-9781420079135","title":"The Art of Systems Architecting","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf engineering is the art and science of technical problem solving, systems architecting happens when you don't yet know what the problem is. The third edition of a highly respected bestseller, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Art of Systems Architecting\u003c\/strong\u003e provides in-depth coverage of the least understood part of systems design: moving from a vague concept and limited resources to a satisfactory and feasible system concept and an executable program. The book provides a practical, heuristic approach to the \"art\" of systems architecting. It provides methods for embracing, and then taming, the growing complexity of modern systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew in the Third Edition: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eFive major case studies illustrating successful and unsuccessful practices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInformation on architecture frameworks as standards for architecture descriptions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew methods for integrating business strategy and architecture and the role of architecture as the technical embodiment of strategy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntegration of process guidance for organizing and managing architecture projects\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUpdates to the rapidly changing fields of software and systems-of-systems architecture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOrganization of heuristics around a simple and practical process model\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA Practical Heuristic Approach to the Art of Systems Architecting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtensively rewritten to reflect the latest developments, the text explains how to create a system from scratch, presenting invention\/design rules together with clear explanations of how to use them. The author supplies practical guidelines for avoiding common systematic failures while implementing new mandates. He uses a heuristics-based approach that provides an organized attack on very ill-structured engineering problems. Examining architecture as more than a set of diagrams and documents, but as a set of decisions that either drive a system to success or doom it to failure, the book provide methods for integrating business strategy with technical architectural decision making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark W. Maier, Eberhardt Rechtin (Deceased)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1420079131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781420079135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CRC Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2009 pg. 131","brand":"Mark W. Maier","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44129346552063,"sku":"9781420079135","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2e34218-8c90-4d76-aeed-01ad51feedbd.jpg?v=1687463397","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-systems-architecting-mark-w-maier-9781420079135","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}