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An Architecture Analysis of a Cyber Secondary School as a System of Systems

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Education is important to prepare individuals to survive and contribute in contemporary society, and improving education can reap great rewards. There is not much published education research related to systems architecting in general, or for a cyber secondary school (CSS) in particular. Systems engineering processes, architecture considerations, and architecting models are discussed analyzing an architecture for a CSS as a system of systems (SOS). Architecting a CSS would make a valuable contribution to the field of systems architecting as a novel endeavor without prior publication as well as provide a model for experimenting with proposed changes as improvements to the school system. Furthermore, instead of testing for defects, the authors propose a systems engineering approach to architect for ultraquality, which represents a radical change to education system design and management.

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  1. Georgia Tech PMASE, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Cheryl Emerson

  2. Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Tommer Ender

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  1. Systems Architecting and Engineering Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Azad M. Madni

  2. Center for Systems and Software Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Barry Boehm

  3. Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Roger G. Ghanem

  4. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Daniel Erwin

  5. Systems Engineering Fellow, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California, USA

    Marilee J. Wheaton

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Emerson, C., Ender, T. (2018). An Architecture Analysis of a Cyber Secondary School as a System of Systems. In: Madni, A., Boehm, B., Ghanem, R., Erwin, D., Wheaton, M. (eds) Disciplinary Convergence in Systems Engineering Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62217-0_74

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