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maintenance, and operation in relation to available
resources; and, of course, the intended properties
of the system itself. Taken together, these diverse
interests are a system's stakeholder concerns. But
what is a stakeholder concern? ISO/IEC 42010
defines it this way: "A stakeholder concern is any
interest in a system relevant to one or more of its
stakeholders."
An Important Separation
The ISO/IEC 42010 standard further observes
that a concern can "pertain to any influence on a
system in its environment including: developmen-
tal, technological, business, operational, organiza-
tional, political, regulatory, or social influences."
Therefore, stakeholder concerns cover any and all
the things the architect must care about in envi-
sioning the system, meeting its requirements, over-
seeing its development, and certifying it for use.

Source: Avgeriou, Paris - Institute for Mathematics and Computing Science, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

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