Open Systems and Open Architecture Bibliography

Peter Henderson

revised 3rd September 2011

keywords: Open Systems, Open System Architecture, Modular Open Systems, MOSA

The references cover both Architecture and Open Systems, where Open Systems includes both Open Standards and Open Source. The reason for this is that, in contemporary approaches to software architecture, many of the architecture lessons from Open Source are applicable even in the case where a solution does not make use of Open Source components.

Articles, Papers, Websites and Books (reverse chronological order) . See also same articles in alphabetic order by surname bibliogAlpha.htm


C. E. Dickerson and D. N. Marvis, Architecture and Principles of Systems Engineering, 2010
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Architecture-Principles-Systems-Engineering-Enterprise/dp/1420072536
Addresses most of the issues of Systems Engineering, but from an Architecture-centric point of view. In particular, introduces MDA, SysML, DoDAF and MODAF.
Scott Jackson, Architecting Resilient Systems – Accident Avoidance and Survival and Recovery from Disruptions, 2010
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Architecting-Resilient-Systems-Disruptions-Engineering/dp/0470405031
Largely case-based approach to identifying approaches to achieving resilient systems - TR
Erik Aslaksen, Designing Complex systems – Foundations of Design in the Functional domain, 2009
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Designing-Complex-Systems-Enterprise-Engineering/dp/1420087533
Presents a conceptual design approach for complex systems - TR
Dennis Buede, The Engineering Design of Systems – Models and Methods, 2009
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Engineering-Design-Systems-Methods-Management/dp/0470164026
Much emphasis on modelling of systems with chapters also covering functional architecture, architecture allocation, physical architecture and interface definition
Peter Henderson, Modular Open Systems Architecture, 2009
http://openpdq.com/MOSAoverview
First of two companion papers setting out the scope of Open Systems Architecture. Addresses benefits, cost, principles and methods.
OSOA , Open Service Oriented Architecture, 2009
http://www.osoa.org/display/Main/Home
An architecture for SOA, including the Service Component Architecture SCA (see also http://www.oasis-opencsa.org/sca)
Mo Jamshidi (ed), System of Systems Engineering, 2009
http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470195908.html
Edited book with varied coverage including a chapter on system of systems architecting - TR
Mark W Maier , The Art of System Architecting, 2009
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Systems-Architecting-Engineering/dp/1420079131/
A classic. This is the Third Edition of a book originally written with Eberhardt Rechtin. I have the Second Edition, which is excellent. It mostly takes a process oriented view.
John Boardman and Brian Sauser, Systems Thinking – Coping with 21st Century Problems, 2008
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Systems-Thinking-Problems-Industrial-Innovation/dp/1420054910
Systems thinking about complex issues and using systemigrams - TR
Martin Fowler, Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture, 2008
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enterprise-Application-Architecture-Addison-Wesley-signature/dp/0321127420/
Proposes Architecture patterns commonly found in distributed ?inter-enterprise systems based on Web Servers and Database Servers. Also covers Object/Relational mapping patterns, inherent in building contemporary Enterprise Systems.
Sanford Friedenthal et al, A Practical Guide to SysML, 2008
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Practical-Guide-SysML-Modeling-Language/dp/0123743796/
Probably the best contemporary guide to the developing SysML language
Tim Weilkiens , Systems Engineering with SysML/UML, 2008
http://www.system-modeling.com/
see also the free download quick-reference card
Grady Booch, The Irrelevance of Architecture, 2007
http://www.liacs.nl/~marcello/Papers/Proceedings/EDOC04.pdf
A short essay in which Booch argues that architecture is relevant to many stakeholders. Also argues that while architecture and implementation are different, they are closely related.
John Gibson et al, How to Do Systems Analysis, 2007
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Systems-Analysis-Wiley-Engineering-Management/dp/0470007656
Covers systems thinking/analysis including devising concepts, evaluating concepts and trading-off requirements - TR
Peter Henderson, Openness and Open Systems, 2007
http://pmh-systems.co.uk/OpenSystems/OpenSystems.pdf
A short essay to seed early discussions of openness (May 07, revised Oct 07)
Peter Henderson, Notes on Architecture Description for Open Systems, 2007
http://pmh-systems.co.uk/architecture
John Hennessy and David Patterson, Computer Architecture – A Quantitative Approach, 2007
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Architecture-Quantitative-Approach-Kaufmann/dp/0123704901
Low-level computer architecture with coverage of performance parameters etc.- TR
James H. Hill and Aniruddha Gokhale, Model-driven Engineering for Early QoS Validation, 2007
http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~gokhale/WWW/papers/jsw-2007.pdf
Introduces various notations for architecture description, where the emphasis is on modelling for quality of service. Nice detail of relationship betwen behavioural and structural models
Derek Hitchins, Systems Engineering – A 21st Century Methodology, 2007
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Systems-Engineering-21st-Century-Methodology/dp/0470058560
Development of thinking from Hitchins’ earlier books presenting ‘universal’ systems methodology and containing a number of brief case studies - TR
HL7 , A basic overview of Clinical Document Architecture, 2007
http://www.hl7.org.uk/repository/uploads/565/1/A%20basic%20view%20of%20CDA%20v3.doc
Gerhard Pahl et al, Engineering Design – A Systematic Approach, 2007
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Engineering-Design-Systematic-Gerhard-Pahl/dp/1846283183
Addresses mechanical design but some interesting material on modularity - TR
Andrew Tannenbaum and Maarten van Steen, Distributed Systems - Principles and Paradigms (Second Edition) , 2007
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Distributed-Systems-Principles-Andrew-Tanenbaum/dp/0132392275/
Recent revision of standard text on distributed systems, our principle domain of interest. In particular covers details of the layering structures in operating systems and networking stacks as well as higher-level middleware.
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), ATIS Telecom Glossary (definition of Open System), 2007
http://www.atis.org/glossary/definition.aspx?id=3310
Directly quoting the Glossary ? Open System 1. A system with characteristics that comply with specified, publicly maintained, readily available standards and that therefore can be connected to other systems that comply with these same standards. 2. A system that implements sufficient open specifications for interfaces, services, and supporting formats to enable properly engineered applications software: - to be ported with minimal changes across a wide range of systems - to interoperate with other applications on local and remote systems - to interact with users in a style that facilitates user portability [POSIX.0].
Laurent Balmelli, An overview of SysML , 2006
http://www.omgsysml.org/An-Overview-of-SysML-for-Products-&-Systems-Dev-Balmelli-ibm-061002.pdf
A short paper from IBM covering the extensions to UML through examples
Luciano Baresi et al, Towards Open-World Software, 2006
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/2/36033/01707632.pdf?tp=&arnumber=1707632&isnumber=36033
Norbert Bieberstein et al, Service-Oriented Architecture - Compass , 2006
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Service-Oriented-Architecture-Compass-Developerworks/dp/0131870025/
Largely about Web Services (its an IBM book) but does discuss the broader issues of SOA
Henry Chesbrough , Open Innovation, 2006
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Open-Innovation-Imperative-Profiting-Technology/dp/1422102831
One of many books by Chesborough discussing how organisations can profit from the enhanced innovation inherent in a judicious application of the principles of open systems
Peter H. Feiler, David P. Gluch and John J. Hudak , The Architecture Analysis and Design Language (AADL) - An Introduction , 2006
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/pub/documents/06.reports/pdf/06tn011.pdf
From the Abstract: The AADL is especially effective for model-based analysis and specification of complex realtime embedded systems. This technical note is an introduction to the concepts, language structure, and application of the AADL.
Harald Heinecke et al, AUTOSAR Automotive Industries Open Systems, 2006
http://www.autosar.org/download/AUTOSAR_Euroforum_2006.pdf
An Open Systems approach to architecture for automobile systems.
Peter Henderson, Why Large IT Projects Fail, 2006
http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ph/papers/LargeIT.pdf
A recent paper of mine that summarises some experiences from observing project failure, for discussion
INCOSE/Celia Haskins (ed) , Systems Engineering Handbook, 2006
http://www.incose.org/ProductsPubs/products/sehandbook.aspx
Brief but comprehensive treatment of systems engineering which is compatible with ISO15288:2002 - TR
Ivan Krechetov et al, Towards an Integrated Aspect-Oriented Modeling Approach for Software Architecture Design, 2006
http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/aose/papers/AOM_AOSD_2006.pdf
Aspects, architecture, UML, an interesting mix
Philippe Kruchten et al, The Past, Present, and Future for Software Architecture , 2006
http://www.computer.org/portal/cms_docs_software/software/content/promo/promo1.pdf
Philippe Kruchten, What Do Software Architects Do, 2006
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/architecture/what_architects_do.pdf
Roles and responsibilities of an architecture team. See also http://www.kruchten.com/
Christian F.J. Lange, UML Software Architecture and Design Description, 2006
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1605177
Studies a number of projects that used UML in the architectural stages and publishes some metrics about what they found. Interesting, but not clear
Open Geospacial Consortium, OGC , Sensor Web Enablement: Overview And High Level Architecture, 2006
http://www.opengeospatial.org/pt/06-046r2
OMG, SysML Specification , 2006
http://omgsysml.org/
Extensions to UML 2.0 to cover broader Systems Engineering domain - (see also - sysml.org)
Mary Shaw and Paul Clements, The Golden Age of Software Architecture, 2006
http://www.computer.org/portal/cms_docs_software/software/content/promo/promo2.pdf
A summing up ... and where next, from two of the originators in the field
Charles Wasson, Systems Analysis, Design and Development – Concepts, Principles and Practices, 2006
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Systems-Analysis-Design-Development-Engineering/dp/0471393339
Addresses systems engineering issues entailed in moving from problem space to solution space, including design and development; chapters cover aspects of systems architecting - TR
Rob Williams, Computer Systems Architecture – A Networking Approach, 2006
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Systems-Architecture-Networking-Approach/dp/0321340795
Bottom-up approach to computer system architecting - TR
Lihua Xu et al, Towards Supporting the Architecture Design Process Through Evaluation of Design Alternatives, 2006
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1147260
An architecture based approach to looking at some non-functional requirements
Ken Krechmer, The meaning of Open Standards, 2005
http://www.csrstds.com/openstds.html
General overview, from a telecomms angle.
Eric M Dashofy et al, A comprehensive approach for the development of modular software architecture description languages, 2005
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1061254.1061258
A useful overview of contempory approaches to ADLs and an introduction to an XML-based ADL
Joseph Feller (ed) , Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software, 2005
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Perspectives-Free-Open-Source-Software/dp/0262562278
A collection of essays on the success of Open Source, in particular from a business perspective.
Tom Gilb, Competitive Engineering, 2005
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Competitive-Engineering-Handbook-Requirements-Planguage/dp/0750665076/
Gilb's unique approach to Systems Engineering Requirements. The product of vast experience. A comprehensive reference to his Planguage (Planning Language) a specification language for Systems Engineering.
Allen Holub, UML 2.0 concise reference card, 2005
http://www.holub.com/goodies/uml/
You may need this to remind yourselves about UML before you study SysML
IEEE, 1220 for Practical Systems Engineering, 2005
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/2/34216/01631953.pdf
Standard for Application and Management of the System Engineering Process, gives us a system-level perspective
Minseong Kim et al, From Product Lines to Self-Managed Systems: An Architecture-Based Runtime Reconfiguration Framework, 2005
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1082983.1083078
Dynamic architecture allowing reconfiguration at runtime. Discusses the issues.
Richard N. Langlois et al, Of Hackers and Hairdressers, Modularity and the Organisational Economics of Open Source, 2005
http://web.uconn.edu/ciom/Open1C.pdf
Lajos Moczar, The Open Source Monopoly and The Economics of Commercial Open Source, 2005
http://www.galatea.com/opensource.html +++ http://www.galatea.com/economics.html
Henri Muccini et al, Software Architecture-based Regression Testing, 2005
http://www.henrymuccini.com/Research/2006/JSS06_SARTE/SARTE_JSS_WADS2005.pdf
How to determine what to retest when a software architecture evolves
Mike O'Docherty, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, 2005
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Object-Oriented-Analysis-Design-Understanding-Development/dp/0470092408/
This is my preferred reference for UML 2.0, but any UML 2.0 source would do
Bruce Perens, The Emerging Ecomomic Paradigm of Open Source, 2005
http://perens.com/works/articles/Economic.html
Nick Rozanski and Eoin Woods , Software Systems Architecture, 2005
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Software-Systems-Architecture-Stakeholders-Perspectives/dp/0321112296/
IEEE Standard 1471 (Recommended Standard for Architectural Description) explained, elaborated and put in context
Jeff Tyree and Art Akerman, Architecture Decisions: Demystifying Architecture, 2005
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/52/30525/01407822.pdf?arnumber=1407822
An illustration of making hard choices in architecture using an example from financial services
Sanjiva Weeawarana et al, Web Services Platform Architecture, 2005
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Web-Services-Platform-Architecture-WS-Addressing/dp/0131488740/
How the WS Web Services from OASIS fit together to form solutions for Enterprise systems
OMII-Europe, The Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute for Europe, 2004-2007
http://omii-europe.org/
The Open Systems project that is integrating Open Grid middleware for European scientists, a good architecture for us to study
Konstantin Beznoskov and PhilippeKruchten, Towards Agile Security Assurance, 2004
http://lersse-dl.ece.ubc.ca/record/87/files/87.pdf
Agile development methods and security assurance don't mix - or do they?
Boer et al, A logical viewpoint on architectures, 2004
http://www.liacs.nl/~marcello/Papers/Proceedings/EDOC04.pdf
A formal model of some architectural concepts related to 1471
Chris Britton and Peter Bye, IT Architecture and Middleware – Strategies for Building Large, Integrated Systems, 2004
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Architectures-Middleware-Strategies-Building-Integrated/dp/0321246942
Overview of IT architectures and distributed systems - TR
Eric Bruneton, An Open Component Model and Its Support in Java, 2004
http://www.springerlink.com/content/dphtea9p17cuve7v/
Not really an architecture paper, but one which directly tackles reflection in an interesting way that has clear architectural aspects
Philippe Kruchten , An Ontology of Architectural Design Decisions in Software Intensive Systems, 2004
http://www.kruchten.com/inside/citations/Kruchten2004_DesignDecisions.pdf
Recommendations for recording design decisions during the architectural development process, including definitions of what to record. Somewat based on the Rational Unified Process (RUP)
Marija Mikic-Rakic and Nenad Medvidovic, Software Architectural Support for Disconnected Operation in Highly Distributed Environments, 2004
http://sunset.usc.edu/csse/TECHRPTS/2003/usccse2003-506/usccse2003-506.pdf
An interesting middleware architecture description
Michael E. Porter , Competitive Advantage, 2004
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Competitive-Advantage-Michael-E-Porter/dp/0743260872/
Describes how businesses cooperate and compete to enhance their market position. Introduces the concept of a "value chain" which can be used to describe the business models that have developed around Open Source and Open Systems.
Jothy Rozenberg et al , Securing Web Services with WS-Security, 2004
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Securing-Web-Services-WS-Security-Demystifying/dp/0672326515/
An good example of an Open Architecture.
Robert W. Schwanke and Robyn R. Lutz, Experience with the architectural design of a modest product family �, 2004
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1057374.1057378
Andrew M. St Laurent, Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licencing, 2004
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Understanding-Open-Source-Software-Licensing/dp/0596005814/
One major aspect of Open Source is licensing, copyright and ownership, all covered here
Peter Sydenham, Systems Approach to Engineering Design, 2004
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Systems-Approach-Engineering-Telecommunications-Library/dp/1580534791
Covers systems engineering management and system design, including ‘ilities’ - TR
Andrey A.Terekhov, Dealing with Architectural Issues: a Case Study, 2004
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=979765
Architecture recovery and software re-engineering, some comments
Andre van der Hoek, Design-time product line architectures for any-time variability , 2004
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1044353
Steven Weber, The Success of Open Source, 2004
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Success-Open-Source-Steven-Weber/dp/0674018583/
A comprehensive look at the technical, historical and business aspects of Open Source - from a political scientist
Len Bass et al, Software Architecture in Practice (Second Edition) , 2003
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Software-Architecture-Practice-SEI-Engineering/dp/0321154959/
A revised version of a 1996 book giving SEI wisdom on architecture, comprehensive
Paul England, A Trusted Open Platform, 2003
http://research.microsoft.com/lampson/68-TrustedOpenPlatform/68-TrustedOpenPlatform.pdf
A neat security architecture proposal, from Microsoft (inc Butler Lampson)
Martin Fowler, UML Distilled (Third Edition) , 2003
http://www.amazon.co.uk/UML-Distilled-Standard-Modeling-Technology/dp/0321193687/
An earlier favourite of mine on UML
Derek Hitchins, Advanced systems thinking, engineering and management, 2003
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Advanced-Engineering-Management-engineering-management/dp/1580536190
Considerable expansion of ideas from 1992 book presenting a 5 layer classification of systems engineering and advocating use of a generic reference model - TR
Alexander Kossiakoff and William Sweet, Systems Engineering Principles and Practice, 2003
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Systems-Engineering-Principles-Practice-Management/dp/0471234435
Overview of systems engineering including material on integration, test, installation, operation and support - TR
Neno Medvidovic and Edward Colbert, USC (CSE) Lecture on Architecture Description Languages, 2003
http://sunset.usc.edu/classes/cs578_2003/11-Architecture%20Description%20Languages.pdf
Enumerates and compares ADL's circa 2003
Robert L. Nord et al, SEI Integrating the Architecture Methods of ATAM and CBAM, 2003
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/pub/documents/03.reports/pdf/03tn038.pdf
Covers SEI's Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method and Cost Benefit Analysis Method
Paul Wiese and Philip John, Engineering Design in the Multi-Discipline Era – A Systems Approach, 2003
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Engineering-Design-Multi-discipline-Era-Approach/dp/1860583474
Addresses role, evolution and developments in engineering design from a high-level perspective - TR
Lars G Bratthall et al, Integrating Hundred's of Products through One Architecture- The Industrial IT architecture, 2002
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=581416
Describes an architecture that supports integration of huge amounts of products, from different product lines. The architecture is illustrated integrating new and old products in diverse integration projects.
Paul Clements et al, Evaluating Software Architectures, 2002
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Evaluating-Software-Architectures-Methods-Engineering/dp/020170482X
Presents architecture analysis methods - TR
Paul Clements et al, Documenting Software Architectures , 2002
http://csdl2.computer.org/comp/proceedings/icse/2003/1877/00/18770740.pdf
The SEI approach to software architecture from a documentation viewpoint (there is also a book with same title, see below)
Paul Clements et al, Documenting Software Architectures, 2002
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Documenting-Software-Architectures-Beyond-Engineering/dp/0201703726/
SEI view of architecture, presented from the documentation angle, important
Hans de Bruin and Hans van Vliet, Quality-Driven Software Architecture Composition, 2002
http://www.cs.vu.nl/~hans/publications/y2003/quacomp.pdf
A. Fresa et al, Assessment of Software Architectures: A Case Study, 2002
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=568760.568881
Quality prediction in the context of architecture choice
Giampaolo Garzarelli, Open Source Software and The Economics of Organisation, 2002
http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/garzarelli.pdf
Robert L. Glass, Software Conflict - The art and science of Software Engineering (Second Edition) , 2002
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Software-Conflict-2-0-Science-Engineering/dp/0977213307/
One of Robert Glass's more recent books, always thought-provoking
Thomas Juan, ROADMAP: Extending the Gaia Methodology for Complex Open Systems, 2002
http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~tlj/ROADMAP.pdf
Agent based architecture, with a motivating example of an intelligent home network
Alessandro Maccari, Experiences in assessing product family software architecture for evolution, 2002
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=581414
Two assessment case studies in the mobile telephone software domain
Timothy Sturgeon, Modular Production Networks, 2002
http://icc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/11/3/451.pdf
Mikael Svahnberg et al, A Method for Understanding Quality Attributes in Software Architecture Structures, 2002
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=568900
Driving choice of architecture with due consideration of quality attributes, with metrics.
Jan Bosch, Software product lines and software architecture design , 2001
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=381599
Justin Pappas Johnson, Economics of Open Source Software, 2001
http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/johnsonopensource.pdf
Josh Lerner et al, The Simple Economics of Open Source, 2001
http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers2/9900/00-059.pdf
Mark W. Maier et al, Software Architecture - introducing IEEE 1471, 2001
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/2/19820/00917550.pdf
Short paper describing the IEEE standard for architecture description, distinguishes views and viewpoints.
Eric Raymond, The Cathedral and the Bazaar, musings on Linux and Open Source, 2001
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cathedral-Bazaar-Eric-S-Raymond/dp/0596001088/
Don't let the title put you off. This is an important book of essays by one of the leaders in the field. Presents the arguments in favour of Open Source, including quality and business models. See supporting The Cathedral and the Bazaar Website, where all the essays can be found. I particular, see The Magic Cauldron, where the various business models behind Open Source success are discussed
Gerald Weinberg, An Introduction to General Systems Thinking , 2001
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-General-Systems-Thinking/dp/0932633498/
A revised version of a book from the seventies, accessible, thought-provoking
Vivianne Deering et al, Open Architecture as an enabler of ForceNet, 2000?
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA460889
Omer Ishag Eldai et al, Towards a Generic Building Block for Component-Based Open Hypermedia Systems, 2000?
http://www.springerlink.com/content/5gdd4m90vt3ul14m/
Richard Rushton et al, Open Architecture, The Critical network Centric Warfare Enabler, 2000?
http://kcg-inc.net/OPNAV_766/docs/NCWed2.pdf
Mary Shaw and Paul Clements, A Field Guide to Boxology: Preliminary Classification of Architectural Styles for Software Systems, 2000?
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/vit/ftp/pdf/Boxology.pdf
Jan Bosch, Design and use of software architectures: adopting and evolving a product-line approach , 2000
http://www.amazon.com/Design-Use-Software-Architectures-Bosch/dp/0201674947
Mehdi Jayazeri et al, Software Architecture for Product Families – Principles and Practice, 2000
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201699672
Approach to implementing a product line architecture; also discusses ADLs and architectural issues - TR
Nenad Medvidovic and Richard N. Taylor, A Classification and Comparison Framework for Software Architecture Description Languages, 2000
http://sunset.usc.edu/~neno/papers/TSE-ADL.pdf
Eberhardt Rechtin, Systems Architecting of Organisations – Why Eagles Can’t Swim, 2000
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Systems-Architecting-Organizations-Eagles-Engineering/dp/0849381401
Treatment of organisations as systems and the application of systems architecting principles - TR
Andrew Sage and William Rouse (editors), Handbook of Systems Engineering and Management, 1999
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Handbook-Systems-Engineering-Management-Andrew/dp/0470083530
Comprehensive coverage of breadth of systems engineering with summary chapters on many topics; includes a chapter by Alexander Levis on System Architectures- TR
Maarten Boassan, The Artistry of Software Architecture, 1998
http://www.computer.org/portal/cms_docs_ieeecs/ieeecs/images/IBM_Rational/FINAL.SW.V12N6.13.pdf
Interesting arguments about function-oriented versus data-oriented architecture
Peter Henderson, Laws for Dynamic Systems, 1998
http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ph/papers/lds3.pdf
My old paper on some issues of enterprise level plug 'n' play, for discussion
Simon Ramo and Robin St Clair, The Systems Approach, 1998
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Systems-Approach-Solutions-Combining-Practical/dp/B0006RJ92W
Distillation of experience gained within TRW, one of the pioneering US systems engineering firms - TR
David Sharp, Reducing Avionics Software Cost Through Component Based Product Line Development, 1998
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=739846
A component-based architecture for aircraft mission control
Richard Stevens et al. , Systems Engineering - coping with complexity, 1998
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Systems-Engineering-Complexity-Richard-Stevens/dp/0130950858/
An early book on Systems Engineering - taking a largely process oriented approach
David Garlan et al, The ACME Architecture Description Language, 1997-2007
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~acme/docs/language_overview.html
A typical and contemporary ADL
Patrick Y. K. Chau and Kar Yan Tam, Factors affecting the adoption of open systems: an exploratory study, 1997
http://www.amazon.co.uk/OPENframework-Systems-Architecture-Book-Elements/dp/0136305180/
Martin Fowler, Analysis Patterns - Reusable Object Models, 1997
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Analysis-Patterns-Reusable-Object-Models/dp/0201895420/
Some non-trivial patters at the application level
SEI, Software Engineering Institute, Open Systems - Frequently Asked Questions, 1996?
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/opensystems/faq.html
Some definitions, basic stuff, not all of which you will agree with, so good for an initial discussion (see also their main Open Systems page). Date estimated from date of most recent reference in their bibliography
Mary Shaw et al, Software Architecture: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline , 1996
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Software-Architecture-Perspectives-Emerging-Discipline/dp/0131829572/
Another classic, but somewhat old now
Lars Skyttner, General Systems Theory – An Introduction, 1996
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1947526.General_Systems_Theory_An_Introduction
Covers basic ideas of general systems theory and specific systems theories - TR
Arie Yavnai, Architecture for an autonomous reconfigurable intelligent control system, 1996
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel3/3780/11039/00532421.pdf
Open group, The Open Group, 1995-2007
http://www.opengroup.org/
A forum for Open Standards in the Enterprise domain - publishes TOGAF The Open Group Architecture Framework and much more
Fred Brookes, The Mythical Man-Month, 1995
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mythical-Month-Essays-Software-Engineering/dp/0201835959/
Classic advice on how to avoid problems on large projects, again read for the architectural insight
Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Jonson and John Vlissides Design Patterns , Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, 1995
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Design-patterns-elements-reusable-object-oriented/dp/0201633612/
The classic Patterns book, which introduced the familiar patterns (e.g. Factory, Adaptor, Facade) with which we are all now familia.
Stephen Kline, Conceptual Foundations for Multidisciplinary Thinking, 1995
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Conceptual-Foundations-Multidisciplinary-Thinking-Kline/dp/0804724091
Addresses case for multi-disciplinary analysis and describes evolution of technical disciplines - TR
NASA, Systems Engineering Handbook, 1995
https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=25833
Peter G Neumann, Computer Related Risks , 1995
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Related-Risks-Press-Peter-Neumann/dp/020155805X/
Examples of computer systems failing, beautifully written, see also the associated website
OAGi and OAGIS, OAGi and OAGIS, 1994-2007
http://www.openapplications.org/
The Open Applications Group inc and their canonical model for B2B integration
Ed Dunphy, The UNIX Industry and Open Systems in Transition, 1994
http://www.amazon.co.uk/UNIX-Industry-Open-Systems-Transition/dp/0471606081/
Unix is where Open Systems began, for us at least
Agnes Kaposi and Margaret Myers, System Models and Measures, 1994
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Measures-Approaches-Computing-Information-Technology/dp/0387197532
Covers software quality factors and metrication leading into the use of models, specifications and formal methods - TR
OASIS, Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, 1993-2007
http://www.oasis-open.org/
The standards body for Web Services for Enterprise Systems
Ron Brunt et al, OpenFramework - The Systems Architecture, an Introduction, 1992
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Something from my background, so something I will refer to often
Derek Hitchins, Putting Systems to Work, 1992
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Putting-Systems-Work-Derek-Hitchins/dp/0471934267
Mixture of soft and hard systems engineering building upon General Systems Theory and including chapter on functional architecting using N2 charts
Pamela Gray, Open Systems - a business strategy for the 90s, 1991
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Open-Systems-Business-Strategy-90s/dp/0077072448/
Still relevant insight into to issues of Openness in Enterprise systems
Edward Yourdon, Modern Structured Analysis, 1989
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Modern-Structured-Analysis-Yourdon-computing/dp/0135986249
Classic textbook summarising the now somewhat dated Yourdon approach to Structured Analysis and System Design - TR
The Zachman Institute, Zachman Architecture Framework, 1987-2007
http://www.zifa.com/
Established approach to organising an architecture project, organises architecture descriptions into a matrix of 5 viewpoints by 6 concerns. See the Framework Overview and their Bibliography
Peter Checkland, Systems Thinking, Systems Practice, 1981
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Systems-Thinking-Practice-Peter-Checkland/dp/0471279110/
Systems Engineering the British way, another classic
Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa and Murray Siverstein (with others), A Pattern Language - Towns, Buildings, Construction, 1977
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pattern-Language-Buildings-Construction-Environmental/dp/0195019199
Christopher Alexander has thought deeply about the design of complex systems, in his case the urban living environment. More importantly, from our point-of-view, he has documented these studies extensively and his ideas and methods are applicable more widely than the architecture of the built environment. All Systems Architects can learn Systems Thinking, Systems Description and Abstraction from his books. The problem is,there are many books by Christopher Alexander on the Architectural design of Towns, Buildings and Urban Environments in general. This one is probably the central book, although it must be read in conjunction with "The Timeless Way of Building" (this is stated by the authors). Basically, "A Pattern Language" gives Alexander's rules (patterns) for combining components into systems, while "The Timeless Way" gives examples and generally exemplifies the method. The approach may seem philosophical, but it is severely practical. It's one of those books (actually, a pair of books) where you really have to know what its all about before you start reading it, and you can only know what its all about when you've finished.
Defence Engineering Group/Ken Hambleton et al, Conquering Complexity – Lessons for defence systems acquisition,
http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp?Action=Book&ProductId=0117730343
Overview of MSc course from a defence perspective and outlining key issues such as acquisition, cost estimation, operational analysis and test and evaluation - TR