In Software Architecture in Practice, Addison-Wesley 1997, Bass, Clements, and Kaufman state: “The software architecture of a program or computing is the structure or structures of the system, which comprise Software components The externally visible properties of those components And the relationships among them.“ Bass et. al.’s continues: “By ‘eternally visible’ properties, we are referring [...]
What is Software Architecture?
September 6, 2011 by MCOskowis | No Comments
What is System Architecture?
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Eb Rechtin’s Definition (Systems Architecting: Creating and building complex systems, Eberhardt Rechtin, Prentice Hall, 1991): System “A system is defined… as a set of different elements so connected or related as to perform a unique function not performable by the elements alone.” Architecture “The term ‘architecture’ is widely understood and used for what it is [...]
What is the difficulty with Architecture?
September 4, 2011 by MCOskowis | No Comments
Architecture is like any aggressive business strategy and in that, if it was easy: We’d already be doing it Our competitors would already be doing it Architecture translates the business strategy into a technical strategy, and then realizes the implementation. This is what makes architecture challenging. Some examples of why architecture is hard: Reuse across [...]
Why care about Architecture?
August 16, 2011 by MCOskowis | No Comments
The primary benefits of Architecture are: Become a dominant player in your industry/market Deal with organizational or product complexity Enable something that is not possible/feasible today Establish a shared technology foundation for a product line Be in business in 5 years Want a product, system or family of applications to have qualities or system characteristics [...]
Architecture Discipline
August 11, 2011 by MCOskowis | No Comments
Answering the basic questions of who, what, when, where, how, and why in terms of architecture, is the Architectural tripod. The three legs of the tripod (Architect, Architecting and Architecture) must be in balance for the architecture discipline to succeed. Architecture – addresses the question “What is architecture?” and associated concerns such as architectural positions, [...]