Method Framework for Engineering System Architectures

The Method Framework for Engineering System Architectures (MFESA) is a method engineering framework based on situational method engineering, which provides a method for developing appropriate, project-specific system architecture engineering methods. It is primarily developed by Donald Firesmith and first published in 2008.^[1]

MFESA is a four part method framework consisting of the MFESA:

• Ontology defining the key concepts of system architecture engineering and their relationships
• Metamodel defining the foundational abstract supertypes of method components for engineering system architectures including architectural:
  • Work products including architectures and architectural representations such as models and documents
  • Work units including activities, tasks, and techniques for producing the work products
  • Producers including system architects, architecture teams, and architecture tools that perform the work units to produce the work products
• Repository of free, open-source, reusable method components for creating situation-specific system architecture engineering methods
• Metamethod for creating situation-specific system architecture engineering methods by selecting appropriate method components from the repository, tailoring them as appropriate, and integrating them to form the new architecture engineering method

References

1. ^ Donald Firesmith et al. (2008). The Method Framework for Engineering System Architectures. ISBN 978-1-4200-8575-4

External links

• The OPEN Process Framework Repository Organization The MFESA tasks have been incorporated into the OPFRO repository of reusable method components.