Evaluating Software Architectures

Methods and Case Studies

Paul Clements author Peter Gordon author Mark Klein author Rick Kazman author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pearson Education (US)

Published:8th Nov '01

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Drawing on identified connections between architecture design decisions and resulting software properties, this book describes systematic methods for evaluating software architectures and applies them to real-life cases. It shows you how such evaluation can reduce risk, and introduces the conceptual background for architecture evaluation.

The foundation of any software system is its architecture. Using this book, you can evaluate every aspect of architecture in advance, at remarkably low cost -- identifying improvements that can dramatically improve any system's performance, security, reliability, and maintainability. As the practice of software architecture has matured, it has become possible to identify causal connections between architectural design decisions and the qualities and properties that result downstream in the systems that follow from them. This book shows how, offering step-by-step guidance, as well as detailed practical examples -- complete with sample artifacts reflective of those that evaluators will encounter. The techniques presented here are applicable not only to software architectures, but also to system architectures encompassing computing hardware, networking equipment, and other elements. For all software architects, software engineers, developers, IT managers, and others responsible for creating, evaluating, or implementing software architectures.

ISBN: 9780201704822

Dimensions: 238mm x 162mm x 24mm

Weight: 640g

368 pages