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  3. Architecture Frameworks (AF)

Architecture Frameworks (AF)

Digitization is resulting in accelerated evolution of companies and business models. But how can systems understand each other?

Numerous companies and solution providers are driving forward global digitization. Comprehensive networking of the physical with the virtual world also connects highly diverse systems that are based on varying architectures and architecture frameworks. Since the monopoly status of a single system provider is neither realistic nor desirable, the development and ensuring of interoperability is a core task for the future sustainability of corporate ICT systems.

The advantage of heterogeneous ICT system landscapes for companies is that they can implement modules from multiple manufacturers, providing the best possible solution for the corresponding specifi c requirements. The widely varying needs of diff erent companies in turn mean that the future development of an all-in-one-system by one single solution provider seems unlikely.

Heterogeneous system landscapes, however, not only have advantages; they also represent signifi cant challenges for ICT managers. These individuals must fi rst identify which system components from a range of suppliers best meet their needs. The next step is to check interoperability – are the modules not only able to operate as stand-alone components, fulfi lling the required functions; can they also work together with other modules? And what is the best way to predict this, ideally before productive deployment?

The Architecture Frameworks competence cluster is studying these questions. A focus in this regard is the  documentation of enterprise architectures with all relevant information from the various company levels (strategy, business processes, ICT applications, ICT infrastructure). The objective of cross-hierarchy linking of information is to obtain a detailed overview of the interrelationships between the various divisions. This in turn makes it possible to identify which applications support what business processes. Using tools to analyze and visualize these interrelationships it is possible to develop a longterm ICT plan that facilitates step-by-step evolution of the ICT landscape into an ideal ICT architecture.

Another main focus is on the model-driven development of software architectures. Digitization is resulting in accelerated evolution of companies and business models, which in turn requires the ability to adjust and expand ICT systems quickly and cost-eff ectively. Flexibility is thus not only a functional requirement but is also increasingly becoming a business-critical economic factor. Model-driven software development attempts to respond to the need for increased flexibility by using generator technology.

Persons

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Dr. rer. nat. Marco Eichelberg

E-Mail: marco.eichelberg(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-147, Room: E46

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Dr.-Ing. Agnetha Flore

E-Mail: agnetha.flore(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-189, Room: O45

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Hahn

Theresa Hilger

E-Mail: theresa.hilger(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-463, Room: I6-U01

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Julia Köhlke

E-Mail: Julia.Koehlke(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-456, Room: I6-U02

Jan Elmar Krauskopf

E-Mail: Jan.Krauskopf(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-350, Room: O81

Rene Kuchenbuch

E-Mail: rene.kuchenbuch(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-218, Room: I6-U05

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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sebastian Lehnhoff

E-Mail: sebastian.lehnhoff(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-240, Room: O50

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jorge Marx Gómez

E-Mail: jorge.marx-gomez(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 798 - 4470, Room: A4-3-315

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Jürgen Sauer

E-Mail: juergen.sauer(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-122, Room: O46

Johann Schütz

E-Mail: johann.schuetz(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-464, Room: I6-U03

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Dr. Ing. Mathias Uslar

E-Mail: mathias.uslar(at)offis.de, Phone: +49 441 9722-128, Room: I6-U03

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Projects

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CoordiNet

TSO – DSO – Consumer: Large-Scale Demonstrations Of Innovative Grid Services through Demand Response, Storage and Small-Scale (RES) Generation

Duration: 2018 - 2022

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int:net

Interoperability Network for the Energy Transition

Duration: 2022 - 2025

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SENSEI

Smart Energy Services Integrating the Multiple Benefits from Improving the Energy Efficiency of the European Building Stock

Duration: 2019 - 2023

T

ThermoTwin

Duration: 2022 - 2025

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URANOS-X

Untersuchung von Anforderungen, Lösungsmustern und Methoden zur Befähigung produzierender Unternehmen für GAIA-X

Duration: 2022 - 2024

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WWNW

WärmewendeNordwest – Digitalisierung zur Umsetzung von Wärmewende- und Mehrwertanwendungen für Gebäude, Campus, Quartiere und Kommunen im Nordwesten

Duration: 2021 - 2025

Publications

2022

Digitalisierung. Synthesebericht 3 des SINTEG Förderprogramms, Studie im Auftrag des BMWK, Berlin

Schütz, Johann und Uslar, Mathias und Clausen, Marie; 05 / 2022

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A Brief Introduction into (De-)Coupling Lifecycles in Net-Centric Systems-of-Systems

Johann Schütz, Jorge Marx Gómez; Advances, Trends and Applications in Embedded and Mobile Systems; 11 / 2022

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Identifying Security Requirements for Smart Grid Components: A Smart Grid Security Metric

M. Clausen; J. Schütz; 2022 IEEE 20th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN); July / 2022

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Ki Normungsroadmap 2.0

DIN; 12 / 2022

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The (still unexplored) Social Side of Smart Grid Development

Sabrina Paustian, Julia Köhlke, Jannika Mattes, Sebastian Lehnhoff; ACM e-energy; June / 2022

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2021

A case study research on interoperability improvement in Smart Grids: state-of-the-art and further opportunities

Johann Schütz, Mathias Uslar und Jürgen Meister; Open Research Europe; 2021

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Cross-Domain Stakeholder-Alignment in Collaborative SoS - Lego® Serious Play® as a Boundary Object

Julia Köhlke, Sebastian Hanna, Johann Schütz; System of Systems Engineering Conference 2021; June / 2021

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How to Improve the Interoperability of Digital (ICT) Systems in the Energy Sector

Johann Schütz, Mathias Uslar, Jürgen Meister, Julia Köhlke; ISGAN 2021; March / 2021

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IEC 62559-2 Use Case Template-based Smart Grid Architecture Analytics

Johann Schütz, Marie Clausen, Mathias Uslar and Jorge Marx Gómez; 09 / 2021

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Perspectives on the Social Embeddedness of the Smart Grid Architecture Model in Innovation Projects

Julia Köhlke, Sabrina Paustian, Jannika Mattes, Sebastian Lehnhoff, Mathias Uslar; September / 2021

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