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Recommended Citation: Steenkamp, A L, F El-Khoury, K M Kakish, and A Makar. A Case Study: Developing an Architectural Design Description for the Application Viewpoint. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2006, v 23 (Dallas): §3114. ISSN: 1542-7382.

A Case Study: Developing an Architectural Design Description for the Application Viewpoint

Refereed

16 pages

Annette Lerine Steenkamp    [a1] [a2]
College of Management
Lawrence Technological University    [u1] [u2]
Southfield, Michigan, USA    [c1] [c2]

Fadi El-Khoury    [a1] [a2]
College of Management
Lawrence Technological University    [u1] [u2]
Southfield, Michigan, USA    [c1] [c2]

Kamal M. Kakish    [a1] [a2]
College of Management
Lawrence Technological University    [u1] [u2]
Southfield, Michigan, USA    [c1] [c2]

Andrew Makar    [a1] [a2]
College of Management
Lawrence Technological University    [u1] [u2]
Southfield, Michigan, USA    [c1] [c2]

This paper presents a case study on the experience of a technical architecture team, the AAV Team, while developing an architectural design description (ADD) for an IT system focused on the application viewpoint of the technical architecture. The project charter and requirements for the assignments of the AAVT Team project are based on a real-world initiative in a global automotive manufacturing company to upgrade its existing Global Purchasing System and deploy a new Global Contract Module. The purpose of the upgrade is to provide all purchasing system users with the required minimum hardware and software prior to implementing the new release of the Global Purchasing System with the ultimate goal to ensure that current users have successful access to the new Global Contract feature and related information. The team assignments performed by the AAV Team formed part of the requirements of a course on IT Systems Architecture in a Doctorate of Management in Information Technology. The AAV Team conducted the architectural project concurrently with four other team projects that focused on the information and business systems, communications engineering, quality of service, and enterprise security viewpoints, respectively. The case study outlines the approach followed by the AAV Team to develop the ADD, and includes the principles that guided the project, the architecture framework, process model and methodology. The paper concludes with a discussion of the project findings and the value of an industry-sponsored learning experience.

Keywords: case study, application viewpoint, architecture design description, architecture framework, architecture process model

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