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See my linkedin profile:\nhttp://fr.linkedin.com/pub/cyrille-michaud/0/75/8b5\nYou can remove this first page when you’ve read it and acknowledged it!\n\u000f\nTABLE OF CONTENTS\n\u0013 TOC \\o \"1-3\" \u00141\tIntroduction\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532843 \\h \u00142\u0015\n1.1\tDocument overview\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532844 \\h \u00142\u0015\n1.2\tAbbreviations and Glossary\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532845 \\h \u00142\u0015\n1.2.1\tAbbreviations\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532846 \\h \u00142\u0015\n1.2.2\tGlossary\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532847 \\h \u00142\u0015\n1.3\tReferences\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532848 \\h \u00142\u0015\n1.3.1\tProject References\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532849 \\h \u00142\u0015\n1.3.2\tStandard and regulatory References\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532850 \\h \u00142\u0015\n1.4\tConventions\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532851 \\h \u00142\u0015\n2\tArchitecture\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532852 \\h \u00143\u0015\n2.1\tArchitecture overview\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532853 \\h \u00143\u0015\n2.2\tLogical architecture overview\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532854 \\h \u00143\u0015\n2.2.1\tSoftware Component 1 description\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532855 \\h \u00143\u0015\n2.2.2\tSoftware Component 2 description\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532856 \\h \u00143\u0015\n2.2.3\tSoftware Component 3 description\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532857 \\h \u00143\u0015\n2.3\tPhysical architecture overview\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532858 \\h \u00143\u0015\n2.3.1\tHardware Component 1 description\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532859 \\h \u00143\u0015\n2.3.2\tHardware Component 2 description\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532860 \\h \u00144\u0015\n2.3.3\tHardware Component 3 description\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532861 \\h \u00144\u0015\n2.4\tSoftware COTS\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532862 \\h \u00144\u0015\n3\tDynamic behaviour of architecture\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532863 \\h \u00145\u0015\n3.1\tWorkflow / Sequence 1\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532864 \\h \u00145\u0015\n3.2\tWorkflow / Sequence 2\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532865 \\h \u00145\u0015\n4\tJustification of architecture\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532866 \\h \u00146\u0015\n4.1\tSystem architecture capabilities\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532867 \\h \u00146\u0015\n4.2\tNetwork architecture capabilities\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532868 \\h \u00146\u0015\n4.3\tRisk analysis outputs\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532869 \\h \u00146\u0015\n4.4\tHuman factors engineering outputs\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532870 \\h \u00146\u0015\n5\tRequirements traceability\t\u0013 PAGEREF _Toc188532871 \\h \u00147\u0015\n\u0015\nIntroduction\nDocument overview\nThis document describes the architecture of XXX system.\nIt describes:\nA general description of the system\nThe logical architecture of software, the layers and top-level components\nThe physical architecture of the hardware on which runs the software\nThe justification of technical choices made\nThe traceability between the architecture and the system requirements.\nAbbreviations and Glossary\nAbbreviations\nAdd here abbreviations\nCOTS: Components Off the Shelf (software industry acronym)\nOTSS: Off The Shelf Software (FDA acronym)\nSOUP: Software Of Unknown Provenance (IEC 62304 acronym)\nGlossary\nAdd here words definitions\nReferences\nProject References\nStandard and regulatory References\nConventions\nAdd here conventions\nFor example for diagrams.\nCOTS, OTSS and SOUP refer to the same concept, i.e. software delivered by 3rd party that wasn’t developed with a regulatory and/or normative compliant developme","cbCaimwLCst8VMuf","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimwLCst8VMuf","doc",343552,"English","# Introduction\n## Document overview\n## Abbreviations and Glossary\n### Abbreviations\n### Glossary\n## References\n### Project References\n### Standard and regulatory References\n## Conventions\n# Architecture\n## Architecture overview\n## Logical architecture overview\n### Software Component 1 description\n### Software Component 2 description\n### Software Component 3 description\n## Physical architecture overview\n### Hardware Component 1 description\n### Hardware Component 2 description\n### Hardware Component 3 description\n## Software COTS\n# Dynamic behaviour of architecture\n## Workflow / Sequence 1\n## Workflow / Sequence 2\n# Justification of architecture\n## System architecture capabilities\n## Network architecture capabilities\n## Risk analysis outputs\n## Human factors engineering outputs\n# Requirements traceability","[{\"question\":\"What does the System Architecture Document Template introduce?\",\"answer\":\"It introduces how to describe an XXX system’s architecture, including the system overview, logical software architecture, physical hardware architecture, technical justifications, and the traceability to system requirements.\"},{\"question\":\"How should the architecture overview be written from the user’s point of view?\",\"answer\":\"Include the environment where it works, the user roles, what it is for, the main functions, and the main interfaces with inputs and outputs. 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