Extensive instructional materials have been developed and used for courses in specific software architecture topics offered at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie...
—Architectural Design Decisions (ADD) form a key element of Architectural Knowledge (AK), which plays a vital role in the software architecture process. To help manage ADDs, seve...
Software architecture is important for large systems in which it is the main means for, among other things, controlling complexity. Current ideas on software architectures were no...
Abstract. We propose a pattern-based software development method comprising analysis (using problem frames) and design (using architectural and design patterns), of which especiall...
Design is an inherently multidisciplinary endeavor. This raises the question of how to develop systems in ways that can best leverage the perspectives, practices, and knowledge ba...