System Modelling and Analysis

Models help us to visualize a system as it is or as we want it to be. This study will provide means to model the system, the design of the system, the usage context and the system life cycle in such a way that decisions are supported quantitatively.

What is System Modelling and Analysis?

The objective of this course (SEMA 6202) is to provide means to model the system, the design of the system, the usage context and the system life cycle in such a way that decisions are supported quantitatively.

The course is based on the extended CAFCR framework. The CAFCR model is a decomposition of an architecture description into five views:

• The Customers objective view (whatdoes the customer want to achieve)
• The Application view (howdoes the customer realize his goals) captures the needs of the customer.
• Thewhatandhowcustomers view provide the justification (why) for the specification and the design.                                                 
• The Functional view describes thewhatof the product, which includes (despite its name) thenon-functionalrequirements.
• Thehowof the product is described in the Conceptual and Realization views.

The CAFCR model is extended with the life cycle context with all creation and product life cycle considerations.

Instruction

The courses are organized as intensive one-week courses each with 5 days of lectures.  During this week, the lectures last from 0830 to 1630 each day. The courses are a mixture of lectures and work in groups.  Masterstudents and others taking courses for credit will work on a written assignment which is due 10 weeks after the end of the course.  A completed course with approved written assignment will give 7.5 studypoints.