Software Architecture

Software Architecture

responsibility 1

understanding context

responsibility 2

making decisions

responsibility 3

modelling

responsibility 4

validating

responsibility 5

delivery

organizational use of architecture 1

communicating high-level decisions to stakeholders

organizational use of architecture 2

providing context for the system

organizational use of architecture 3

planning work allocation

organizational use of architecture 4

estimating cost

technical use of architecture 1

focusing on meeting significant system requirements

technical use of architecture 2

analysing system properties

technical use of architecture 3

improving large scale reuse

technical use of architecture 4

facilitating integration with other systems

design decision 1

is there a generic application architecture that can be used?

design decision 2

how will the system be distributed?

design decision 3

what architectural styles are appropriate?

design decision 4

how should the architecture be documented?