Welcome to the wiki for the INCOSE UK Architecture Working Group. The aims of the AWG are to:

• To provide guidance and advice to UK systems engineering community on architecture practice;
• To exert influence over the use of architecture concepts within the UK systems engineering community;
• To liaise with other systems engineering groups involved in architecture work.

The AWG functions under a framework provided by its Terms of References.

The work of the AWG is divided to the following areas:

• AWG Management
• Capping Paper
• Architecture Concepts & Terminology
• Exploitation
• Uses of Architecture
• Types of Architecture
• Architecture to SE Integration
• The Meaning of "Fundamental"

The views and ideas of the AWG are documented in a number of papers, review notes and presentations, and have been presented at various conferences. Publicly available material can be found in the Exploitation area of the wiki. All published material is copyright © of The INCOSE UK Chapter and subject to the following restrictions:

• Author use: Authors, and their employers at the time of making their contributions, have full rights to use their contribution in a totally unfettered way provided that attribution is made to the material. Abstraction is permitted by authors provided that attribution is made to the original authors and to the material.

• INCOSE UK Chapter: Permission to reproduce AWG material and use it or parts thereof and to prepare derivative works from it for INCOSE UK Chapter use only is granted to current members of INCOSE UK Chapter provided that attribution is made to INCOSE UK Chapter and the original authors and this copyright notice is included with all reproductions and derivative works.

• External use: The material may not be shared or distributed to any non-INCOSE UK Chapter third party. Requests for permission to reproduce the material in whole or in part or to prepare derivative works of this material for external or commercial use should be addressed to the President of the UK Chapter.

• Electronic version use: Any electronic version of the material is to be used for personal use only and is not to be placed on any non-INCOSE UK Chapter sponsored server for general use. Any additional use of these materials must have written permission from the President of the UK Chapter.

• Permissions: INCOSE UK Chapter grants permission to current members of the INCOSE UK Chapter UK Advisory Board to post and use this document internally subject always to the preceding restrictions on external use.

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