Architectural Design Process

In the architectural design process the implementation of the safety criterion should be the priority. 

The output of the Requirements Analysis Process adds the verification criteria to the defined stakeholder requirements. It must be compared for traceability to and consistency with the stakeholder requironents before being used to drive the Architectural Design Process. 

Because there is no unique solution to satisfy the stakeholder requirements, the Architectural Design Process is an iterative trade-off study, performed at a macroscopic scale, leading to a selected system architecture baseline as a final output. When alternative solutions present themselves, technical analysis and decisions are made as part of this process to identify a set of system elements. The overall objective is to create a System Architecture (defined as the selection of the types of system elements, their characteristics, and their arrangement) that meets the following criteria ... 

Requirements are derived to quantify how well the functions must be performed and to impose constraints on the system. An architecture option is then chosen to implement the functions and satisfy the requirements and constraints. The Architectural Design Process involves the mutual, iterative adjustment of functions, requirements, and architecture alternatives until an optimal solution is discovered. 

Once the information on the industrial processes and space requirements, the indoor climate requirements for workers, machinery, and products, and a lot for the factory have been obtained, then the architectural design of the industrial enclosure can be accomplished, A complete factory or industrial building may consist of several enclosures where industrial processes are run. One heating and ventilation plant may service several enclosures, or there may be a separate system for each enclosure. 

Development in industrial processes and in work environment during the lifetime of an industrial hall should be predicted and planned for during the architectural design. 

Utilization of natural ventilation for air conditioning will normally interact with the architectural design, and it should be considered early in the design process. 

The Decision Ontology has been developed in IMPROVE to complement the product data, document and design process models. Its architectural principles are fully compliant with those of OntoCAPE and the Process Ontology. The Decision Ontology is an extension of DRL, an existing decision model, to cover the requirements identified in engineering design processes. 

The need for housing certain functions of plant operation has been pointed out. The design engineer will usually have the assistance of architects to provide an over-all plan for buildings, open structures, and landscaping. Plot plans and models of process equipment areas are developed and then architectural designs are submitted for the final... 

The BMS and similar systems integrated into the IS architecture provide control and performance monitoring functionality to ensure that performance criteria are met and performance deviations are detected. Functional performance deviations will inevitably affect product quality and, consequently, GxP compliance. It is essential that the design process "builds in quality" to ensure that the system is reliable, consistent and capable of meeting the... 

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