Architecting software intensive systems a practitioner's guide /

• Main Author: Lattanze, Anthony J.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
• Subjects: Software engineering.; Systems engineering.; Software architecture.; COMPUTERS > Systems Analysis & Design. > Software Development & Engineering; COMPUTERS > General. > Software Development & Engineering; Electronic books.
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Architectural design is a crucial step in developing complex software intensive systems. This work establishes key concepts in architectural design for software intensive systems, including architectural drivers, structures, and fundamental guidance for architectural design. It describes the industr...

Table of Contents:

• Front cover; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Reader's Guide; Section I; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Architecture Defined; Chapter 3. Architecutral Drivers; Chapter 4. Architectural Structures; Chapter 5. The Work of an Architect; Chapter 6. Documenting the Architectural Design; Section II; Chapter 7. The Architecture Centric Design Method; Chapter 8. ACDM Stage 1: Discovering the Architectural Drivers; Chapter 9. ACDM Stage 2: Establishing Project Scope; Chapter 10. ACDM Stage 3: Create/Refine the Architecture; Chapter 11. ACDM Stage 4: Evaluate the Architecture Design.