Designing Software Architectures: A Practical Approach

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
	1.1 Motivations
	1.2 Software Architecture
	1.3 The Role of the Architect
	1.4 A Brief History of ADD
	1.5 Summary
	1.6 Further Reading
	1.7 Discussion Questions
CHAPTER 2 Architectural Design
	2.1 Design in General
	2.2 Design in Software Architecture
	2.3 Why Is Architectural Design So Important?
	2.4 Architectural Drivers
	2.5 Summary
	2.6 Further Reading
	2.7 Discussion Questions
CHAPTER 3 Making Design Decisions
	3.1 Making Design Decisions
	3.2 Design Concepts: The Building Blocks for Creating Structures
	3.3 Design Concepts to Support Performance
	3.4 Design Concepts to Support Availability
	3.5 Design Concepts to Support Modifiability
	3.6 Design Concepts to Support Security
	3.7 Design Concepts to Support Integrability
	3.8 Summary
	3.9 Further Reading
	3.10 Discussion Questions
CHAPTER 4 The Architecture Design Process
	4.1 The Need for a Principled Method
	4.2 Attribute-Driven Design 3.0
	4.3 Applying ADD to Different System Contexts
	4.4 Identifying and Selecting Design Concepts
	4.5 Producing Structures
	4.6 Defining Interfaces
	4.7 Creating Preliminary Documentation During Design
	4.8 Tracking Design Progress
	4.9 Summary
	4.10 Further Reading
	4.11 Discussion Questions
CHAPTER 5 API-centric Design
	5.1 Business Agility
	5.2 API-centric Design
	5.3 API-centric Design and ADD
	5.4 Summary
	5.5 Further Reading
	5.6 Discussion Questions
CHAPTER 6 Designing for Deployability
	6.1 Deployability Principles and Architectural Design
	6.2 Design Decisions to Support Deployability
	6.3 Deployability and ADD
	6.4 Summary
	6.5 Further Reading
	6.6 Discussion Questions
CHAPTER 7 Designing Cloud-Based Solutions
	7.1 Introduction to the Cloud
	7.2 Drivers and the Cloud
	7.3 Cloud-Based Design Concepts
	7.4 ADD in the Design of Cloud-Based Solutions
	7.5 Summary
	7.6 Further Reading
	7.7 Discussion Questions
CHAPTER 8 Case Study: Hotel Pricing System
	8.1 Business Case
	8.2 System Requirements
	8.3 Development and Operations Requirements
	8.4 The Software Design Process
	8.5 Summary
	8.6 Further Reading
	8.7 Discussion Questions
CHAPTER 9 Case Study: Digital Twin Platform
	9.1 Business Case
	9.2 System Requirements
	9.3 The Design Process
	9.4 Summary
	9.5 Further Reading
	9.6 Discussion Questions
CHAPTER 10 Technical Debt in Architectural Design
	10.1 Technical Debt
	10.2 The Roots of Technical Debt in Design
	10.3 Refactoring and Redesign
	10.4 Technical Debt and ADD
	10.5 Summary
	10.6 Further Reading
	10.7 Discussion Questions
CHAPTER 11 Analysis in the Design Process
	11.1 Analysis and Design
	11.2 Why Analyze?
	11.3 Analysis Techniques
	11.4 Tactics-Based Analysis
	11.5 Reflective Questions
	11.6 Scenario-Based Design Reviews
	11.7 Summary
	11.8 Further Reading
	11.9 Discussion Questions
CHAPTER 12 The Architecture Design Process in the Organization
	12.1 Architecture Design and the Development Life Cycle
	12.2 Architecture Design and the Organization
	12.3 Summary
	12.4 Further Reading
	12.5 Discussion Questions
CHAPTER 13 Final Thoughts
	13.1 On the Need for Methods
	13.2 Future Directions
	13.3 Next Steps
	13.4 Further Reading
	13.5 Discussion Questions
Appendix Tactics-Based Questionnaires
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