Embedded Systems Architecture for Agile Development

Preface Introduction: What does onion and software have in common? Chapter 1: The History of Layers Architecture Architecture and Construction Land Survey Drawings * Architectural Drawings * Drawing's Re-usability, Maintainability, Readability, and Scalability * Making Buildings Versus Making PCBs Summary Chapter 2: Project Management Methods Project Management Using Critical Path Methods (CPM) * The Basics * What is CPM? * Creating a Robust Gannt Chart * Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) <* Project Constraints * Project Resource Planning * Project Control Project Management Using Agile Methods * What does Agile Mean? * The Ideal Scrum * Scrum Master * Project Backlog * Sprint Planning * Project Control Collaborative Product Development (CPD) * Tasks, Deliverables and Decisions * Phase One (Concept Development) *   Gate One * Phase Two (Project/Product Planning and Architecture) * Gate Two * Phase Three (Design) * Gate Three * Phase Four (V&V and Optimization) * Gate Four * Phase Five (Product Launch) * Gate Five Software and Project Management * Software Layers * Software Development Process * Software Re-usability, Maintainability, Readability, and Scalability *  Software Throughout CPD Process * V-Model (Software Life-Cycle) Design for Manufacturing (DFM) Modeling Languages and Agile * Unified Modeling Language (UML) * Model Based Design (MBD) Summary Chapter 3: Convergence of Management and Architecture Introduction * A Requirement Model * An Architectural Template o Hardware/Software Modules and Interfaces * Product Life-Cycle * Product Breakdown Structure (PBS) * Product Development Team Creating Requirements * Every problem is a communication problem * Marketing Requirements * Conceptual Design * Prototyping * Rapid Prototyping o Model In the Loop (MIL) o Software In the Loop (SIL) o Hardware In the Loop (HIL) * Proof of Concept * Architecture Design * Module Design * What constitutes a module? * Control and Data in Model-Based Design (MBD) * Component Design and Product Break Down Structure (PBS) * Identifying a Component Summary Chapter 4: Process and Control Requirements Model Introduction * Context Diagrams * Flow Diagrams * Process and Control Specification (PSPEC, CSPEC) * The Requirements Dictionary * Timing Specifications * A Note On Requirements Model Structured Scrum * Simplified V-Model *   Continuous Integration * Progressive Product Test * An Example of a New Product Development * PBS Development * A New Design Approach * Processing The External Data * Processing the Internal Data * Operating Systems, a Proper Mean of Data Handling * Databases in Real-Time Systems * Bringing It All Together * Utilizing MBD Tools for PBS Summary Chapter 5: Problem Statement Introduction Understanding the Problem * Requirements Model * Data Context and Control Context Diagrams (DCD,CCD) * Data Flow and Control Flow Diagrams (DFD, CFD) * PSPEC and CSPEC * Timing Specification * Requirements Dictionary * Architectural Model Summary Chapter 6: Major Component of Real-Time System Development Introduction * Proof of Concept * Hardware Recycling * Software Recycling *   Method Recycling * Team Dynamics in Concept Release * Purchasing and Sustaining Engineering Departments * Manufacturing Department * Marketing and Design Departments SCRUM and the Concept Release * An Example of DFM in Action in Concept Release * Architecture and Planning * Hardware Recycling * Software Recycling * Method Recycling *   Team Dynamics *   Modules and Components Releases * The Final Release * Departing from CPD and Landing on Structured-SCRUM * Smoke Testing * Agile Testing Summary Chapter 7: What is a Model? Introduction Process and Product Models * Product Model * Process Model MBD Tools MBD Utilization Steps Structured Scrum and MBD MBD's Build Process MBD in Structured Scrum MBD Platforms Chapter 8: Product and Process Models Introduction Product Model Process Model *   Timing Specifications * Requirement Dictionary * Real-Time Operating Systems * Database Architecture * Verification and Validation (V&V) * Continuous Integration * Smoke test * Manufacturing Tests * Diagnostics Summary