Members of the AWG meet twice yearly at the INCOSE International Workshop and the International Symposium.   Monthly AWG Leadership meetings are held via Webex/Teleconference.

Contact Architecture Working Group for additional information or to join this group.

Purpose
The purpose of the AWG is to expand the practice of architecture and the body of knowledge (BOK) in Systems Engineering.   Specifically, the purpose of the AWG is to:

• Promote the use and practice of architecture principles in systems engineering
• Share best practices for the use of architecture in systems engineering projects
• Promote the principles of architecture in systems engineering within the member's home organizations

Objectives
Below are the main objectives of the Architecture Working Group:

• Capture and evolve the architecture body of knowledge
• Increase AWG membership knowledge of architecture in the practice of systems engineering
• Expand effort in Architecture related standards
• Provide quality technical products to the INCOSE members, following the guidelines of the Technical Leadership Team

Accomplishments/Products
Much of the work of the Architecture Working Group has been presented to the membership during the International Symposiums.   Access to past symposium papers requires INCOSE membership.

• Architecture Related Definitions

• 2007 INCOSE International Workshop
  Architecture Working Group members met during the 2007 INCOSE International Workshop in Albuquerque to discuss AWG status and achievements, and plan activities proposed for the upcoming year

• IEEE SoSE Conference
  News and Notes from the 2nd Annual IEEE International Conference on System of Systems Engineering held 3 May, 2007

• Legacy Papers

  • Systems Architecture Working Group: Progress and Aspirations
  • A System-of-Systems Approach for Application to Large-Scale Transportation Problems
  • Development of an Object-Oriented Multi-Leg Route Choice Model on Transportation Network Simulation
  • Systems Architecture: A View Based on Multiple Impacts
  • Application of Patterns to Systems Engineering and Architecting
  • Proposing a Tool to Support the Process of System Architecting
  • Toward a Comprehensive System Architecture Representation Model

Current Projects
Below are the major projects the Architecture Working Group is involved with currently:

• AWG Review of UPDM Submission
  A review of the Proposed UML Profile for the U.S Department of Defense Architectural Framework and UK Ministry of Defence Architectural Framework (UPDM)

• OUSD SoS SE Guide
  The United States Office of the Undersecretary of Defense System of Systems Systems Engineering Guide, Considerations of Systems Engineering in a System of Systems Environment

Recently Released Architecture Documents
Below are links to or copies of useful Architecture-related documents and references.   They are presented with the permission of their copyright owners.   INCOSE does not own or publish them, so please use them for reference only:

• DoD Architecture Framework, Version 1.5, 23 April 2007
  
  • Volume I: Definitions and Guidelines
  • Volume II: Product Descriptions
  • Volume III: Architecture Data Description

The AWG will meet to discuss current and future projects during the 2007 INCOSE International Symposium.