Raytheon’s Architecture Journey...Initiative, Raytheon’s standardized, company-wide architecting...
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Customer Success Is Our Mission
Raytheon’s Architecture Journey
Software Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Workshop
April 25-26, 2006; Pittsburgh, PA
Rolf SiegersEngineering FellowChief Architect, Garland Engineering Center 972.205.5169Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems [email protected]
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The Journey…
• Why Architecture?
• Which Architecture?
• Initiatives
• Summary
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Why Architecture?
Evolution of a Discipline
Communication, Communication, Communication
Customer/User Expectations & Requirements
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Which Architecture?
Software Architecture
Systems Architecture
Enterprise Architecture
All Of The Above
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Architecture Review Board (ARB)
• Corporate Organizational Structure– ARB Chair Direct report to Corporate
VP of Technology
– Representatives From each core Business Area
• Focus On…– Architecture initiatives & guidance
across Raytheon
– Architecture reviews
– Internal architect certifications
ARB
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• Unification of Industry & Government Standards
• Systems & Enterprise Architecture-Focused
• 42 Subprocesses Within 5 Major Activities
• Established Corporately in November 2002
I:Enterprise
Understanding
RaytheonEnterprise
ArchitectureProcess
II:Architecture
Planning
V:ArchitectureValidation
IV:Technical
Architecting
III:Business
Architecting
DODAF FEAF Zachman TOGAF ATAM®
Raytheon Enterprise Architecture Process (REAP)
REAP
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Architecture Training
• Different ‘Levels’ Required– Junior Awareness– Mid-Level Introductory– Senior In-Depth
• Corporate Training Programs
• Blend of Internal & ExternalCourses
• REAP-Aligned
Training
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Raytheon Certified Architect Program (RCAP)
• Internal Certification for Senior Architects Across Raytheon World-wide
• Core Requirements– Training– External Certifications– Practitioner Experience /
Demonstration of Application– Leadership– Certification Board Review
• Status– Five Waves Underway– Pursuing Independent Accreditation
of Our ProgramRCAP
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Architect Certifications
• Raytheon Certified Architect Program (RCAP)
• Software Engineering Institute– Software Architect, ATAM®
• Federal Enterprise Architecture Certification (FEAC) Institute– DoDAF, Federal
• The Open Group Architecture Framework– TOGAF-8
• Zachman International– (upcoming) Enterprise Architect
• Sun Microsystems– J2EE Enterprise Architect
Certification
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Architecture Tools
• Vendor Products are Evolving
• Growing Support of Frameworks
• Consolidation Is Occurring
• Detailed Trade Study in 2005– Dozens of ranked criteria– In-depth analysis– Vendor dialogues– Common modeling
Tools
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Reference Architectures
• Corporate
• Business Area-specific
A high-level system design free of implementation details; an architecture template
Reference Architecture
Ref. Arch.
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Architecture Technical Interest Groups
• Raytheon-wide Communities of Interest– Systems & Enterprise Architecture– Software Architecture– Net-Centric Architecture
• Sponsorship– Systems Engineering Technology Network– Software Engineering Technology Network
• Hundreds of members across Raytheon
• Activities include workshops, projects, architecture-centric webinars, and general collaboration
TIGs
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Architecture Repository
• Securely Store/Retrieve Architectural Artifacts
• Common Location for Architecture Styles & Patterns, Reference Architectures, Tool Templates, etc.
• Baseline taxonomy defined by corporate Architecture Review Board
Repository
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Industry/Consortia Collaborations
• Software Engineering Institute www.sei.cmu.edu
• The Open Group Architecture Forum www.opengroup.org
• Object Management Group (OMG) www.omg.org
• International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) www.incose.org
• Zachman International www.zifa.com
• Systems Architecture Forum www.architectingforum.org
Collaborate
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Summary
• Architecture: The Way Forward for Complex System Development
ARB
RCAP
REAP
Training
Certification
Ref. Arch.
Tools
TIGs
Repository
Collaborate
• It Takes Many Pieces To Complete The Puzzle
• Institutionalization Takes…– Money– Talent– Time
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Customer Success Is Our Mission
Questions?
Rolf SiegersEngineering FellowChief Architect, Garland Engineering Center 972.205.5169Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems [email protected]
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Acronyms
ARB Architecture Review BoardATAM® Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method® [SEI]DoDAF Department of Defense Architecture Framework [US]FEAC Federal Enterprise Architecture Certification [US]FEAF Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework [US]IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersINCOSE International Council on Systems EngineeringJ2EE Java 2 Platform, Enterprise EditionOMG Object Management GroupRCAP Raytheon Certified Architect ProgramREAP Raytheon Enterprise Architecture ProcessSEI Software Engineering Institute [Carnegie-Mellon University]TOGAF The Open Group Architecture FrameworkTIG Technical Interest GroupUS United States
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Biography
Rolf Siegers is an Engineering Fellow and Chief Architect of theGarland Engineering Center in Raytheon’s Intelligence and Information Systems. He joined Raytheon in 1984 and leads the corporate Raytheon Enterprise Architecture Process (REAP) Initiative, Raytheon’s standardized, company-wide architecting process. Rolf sits on Raytheon’s corporate Architecture Review Board (ARB), leading and supporting a variety of architecture-related initiatives.
Rolf’s program experience includes leading several multi-discipline software architecture teams for large-scale, software-intensive national and international systems since 1997. He is a certified TOGAF-8 architect (The Open Group), ATAM Evaluator (SEI), and Software Architecture Professional (SEI). He has previously presented at conferences by the US Department of Defense, Integrated Defense Architectures, The Open Group, and INCOSE.
Rolf holds bachelor degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from Huntingdon College and is a member of IEEE and INCOSE. He resides in Dallas, Texas with his wife Anita and children Hannah, Emily, and Dylan.