Today's data networks are surprisingly fragile and difficult to manage. We argue that the root of these problems lies in the complexity of the control and management planes--...
Successful software development and management depends not only on the technologies, methods and processes employed but also on the judgments and decisions of the humans involved....
Robert Feldt, Lefteris Angelis, Richard Torkar, Ma...
In contrast to software architecture models, architectural decisions are often not explicitly documented, and therefore eventually lost. This contributes to major problems such as...
Anton Jansen, Jan Salvador van der Ven, Paris Avge...
Making architectural decisions based on requirements, analyzing cost-benefit trade-offs, and keeping design options open is a difficult task. Existing work on classification of ar...
—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...