If 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, The Art of Systems Architecting 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. New in the Third Edition: * Five major case studies illustrating successful and unsuccessful practices * Information on architecture frameworks as standards for architecture descriptions * New methods for integrating business strategy and architecture and the role of architecture as the technical embodiment of strategy * Integration of process guidance for organizing and managing architecture projects * Updates to the rapidly changing fields of software and systems-of-systems architecture * Organization of heuristics around a simple and practical process model Contents Ch. 1: Extending the Architecting Paradignm Ch. 2: Heuristics as Tools Ch. 3: Builder-Architected Systems Ch. 4: Manufacturing Systems Ch. 5: Social Systems Ch. 6: Software and Information Technology Systems Ch. 7: Collaborative Systems Ch. 8: Representation Models and Systems Architecting Ch. 9: Design Progression in Systems Architecting Ch. 10: Integrated Modeling Methodologies Ch. 11: Architecture Framework Ch. 12: Architecting in Business and Government Ch. 13: The Political Process and Systems Architecting Ch. 14: The Professionalization of Systems Architecting