Main effect, 351–352, 435
Management
architect role for, 178, 179
choosing a decomposition, 296–298
complexity, 178, 179, 286–308
decomposition and, 295–302
modularity and decomposition, 298–302
potential planes for decomposition, 301–302
Many-to-many mapping, 115–117
Mapping, 18, 111–121
ASSIGNING Pattern and, 376–377
combined operand and instrument object, 114–115
enabling function and performance, 120
form, 18, 111–121
formal structure and, 118–121
form-to-function, 274–275
form-to-process, 117–118
function, 111–121
functional interactions from, 118–120
function-to-form, 164–165
integrated concepts, 274–275
IT architecture and, 257–258
Level 1 architecture, 164–165
many-to-many, 115–117
no instrument, 114–115
one-to-many, 115–116
one-to-one, 115
system architecture and, 111–121
system optimization problem and, 376–377
Market penetration, 203
Market sizing, 203
Marketing, 201–203
architectural competition, 280–282
corporate strategy and, 200
inbound, 201, 202–203
outbound, 201–202, 203
product differentiation and, 280–282
upstream influences on, 201–203
Matrix representation
adjacency matrix, 385–386
architectural tradespaces, 350
concept fragments, 153–154
concept selection, 277–279
CONNECTING Pattern, 385–386
connectivity formal relationships, 73–74, 81
decision-making process and, 321–323
Design Structure Matrix (DSM), 70–71, 73–74, 321–323, 350
formal relationships, 70–71, 80
morphological matrix, 153–156, 321
Pugh matrix, 277–279
Media access control (MAC), 172
Medium-complexity systems, 41, 61–63
Membership, 74
Mesh architecture style, 388–389
Meta-heuristic optimization algorithms, 396–398
Metrics
architectural tradespaces, 332–333, 351–352
architecture model constraints and, 314–315
decision impact on, 351–352
decision-making process, 314–315, 326–328
main effect, 351–352
Pareto ranking, 341
properties of architectural decisions and, 326–328
sensitivity of decisions to, 351–352, 435–436
Mission and scope, corporate strategy, 200
Model input parameter values, 348
Modeling, emergence prediction by, 31
Modeling breadth versus depth, 327
Modular system entities, 19
Modularity and decomposition, 298–302
Modularizing the system, 173–175
Monolithic (centralized) architecture style, 381–382, 399
Monovalent architecture, 269
Monte Carlo analysis, 348–349
Morphological matrix, 153–156, 321
Multi-level decomposition, 41–42, 61
Multivalent architecture, 269
Mutation, 401
