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Risk and Threats - The Common Ground Between Security and Safety?
by Nic Plum on Tuesday 10 April, 2012 - 21:25 GMT in Architecture Framework • TRAK and tagged with def stan • defence • forum • iso42010 • mil std • ontology • risk • safety • security • solution • sourceforge • standard • threat • trak • view • viewpoint • vulnerability
This is something that has been bumbling around for some considerable time - safety and security. By that I whether there is something useful that an enterprise architecture view can be used for in the system safety and security disciplines. On the face of it there is quite a bit of overlap. Both ... [Read full article]
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Every Viewpoint Has to Be Distinct - Say “Goodbye” to the TRAK CVp-02 Concept Viewpoint
by Nic Plum on Sunday 08 April, 2012 - 12:42 GMT in Architecture Framework • TRAK and tagged with concept • trak • viewpoint
Every viewpoint in TRAK is a specification for an architecture description view. In accordance with ISO/IEC 42010 each address one or more typical concerns using a combination of tuples (stereotype - relationship - stereotype combination taken from the TRAK metamodel). The tuples have therefore to ... [Read full article]
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TRAK Article Published by The Institution of Engineers (Singapore)
by Nic Plum on Friday 13 January, 2012 - 17:11 GMT in Architecture Framework • TRAK and tagged with incose • institute • publication • singapore • trak
This is one of those slightly strange happenstance events - completely unplanned although not beyond the original intent. At the 2010 INCOSE Annual Systems Engineering Conference Chris Lowe and I presented on ‘Human Factors - On the Right TRAK?’ which looked at the consideration of human factors ... [Read full article]
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ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011, Systems and software engineering—Architecture Description Released
by Nic Plum on Friday 11 November, 2011 - 11:45 GMT in News • Standards and tagged with ieee • iso • iso42010 • news • standard
Just received news from Rich Hilliard via the IEEE 1471 Users List (to become the “ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010 Users List): Today I was notified that IEEE P42010 was approved as a revised standard by the IEEE-SA Standards Board on 31 October 2011. This standard replaces IEEE 1471:2000 and is identical to ... [Read full article]
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TRAK is a Finalist in the 2011 IET Innovation Awards
by Nic Plum on Monday 26 September, 2011 - 12:14 GMT in Architecture Framework • TRAK • News and tagged with award • iet • innovation • institute • london • news • trak
TRAK is a finalist in the 2011 IET Innovation Awards. As the IET say: The IET Achievement Awards recognise the exceptional achievements of individuals working in the engineering and technology profession, from the well-known scientist to the fledgling engineer. It was judged under the IET’s Asset ... [Read full article]
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Conformance Assessment vs ISO/IEC 42010:2011
by Nic Plum on Thursday 22 September, 2011 - 12:59 GMT in Architecture Framework • TRAK • News • Standards and tagged with compliance • conformance • ieee • iso • iso42010 • standard • trak
It’s very hard when everyone seems to be claiming conformance with ISO/IEC 42010 to establish whether the claims are true. All too often we get ‘partly compliant with ’ which means what exactly? As a standard trying to get standardisation in the field of architecture description and trying to ... [Read full article]
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A MODAF Architecture Description Only Applies to a ‘System of Systems’?
by Nic Plum on Thursday 22 September, 2011 - 12:29 GMT in Architecture Framework • MODAF and tagged with 1.2.004 • architecture description • definition • m3 • sos • system of systems
In the MODAF metamodel (M3) v 1.2.004 we have: ArchitecturalDescription : public <<stereotype>> class A specification of a system of systems at a technical level which also provides the business context for the system of systems. This definition of an architecture description has been unchanged ... [Read full article]
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Assessment of the Suitability of an ADL (UML, ArchiMate et al) to Represent TRAK Viewpoints/Views
by Nic Plum on Friday 16 September, 2011 - 11:19 GMT in Architecture Framework • TRAK • Standards and tagged with adl • architecture description language • architecture framework • implementation • solution • spreadsheet • template • trak • uml
ADLs and Architecture Frameworks Any architecture description language, e.g. UML, BPMN, ArchiMate potentially can be used to represent the views in any architecture framework. Whether they can or not depends on whether they have the necessary concepts/entities to suit those in the architecture ... [Read full article]
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Improving Consistency for Tools - ‘TRAK. Implementation. Architecture Description Elements’ Document
by Nic Plum on Monday 05 September, 2011 - 15:03 GMT in Architecture Framework • TRAK • Tools and tagged with architecture description • consistency • document • exchange • implement • solution • standard • tool
There is a constant need to reduce the scope for inconsistency in any architecture description. TRAK is no different. TRAK has been defined in a way that is free of implementation and using natural language wherever possible. One of the pitfalls of this is the possibility that names will be ... [Read full article]
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Things that You Think That Are Going to be Simple Never Are
by Nic Plum on Friday 19 August, 2011 - 14:48 GMT in Architecture Framework • TRAK • Tools and tagged with applescript • application • bug • develop • drawing • implement • ipad • mac • omnigraffle • opensource • sourceforge • stencil • support • tool • trak
This is a bit of a tale, and not an unusual one at that. It concerns the development of a stencil for the Omni Group’s OmniGraffle drawing application which is available for both Mac and iPad. I’m a long time user of OmniGraffle Pro (at least 8 years) as well the the Mac (still have my original Mac ... [Read full article]
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