Software Architecture in Practice (3rd Edition)

Description

The core book in SEI’s influential architecture curriculum, this book introduces software architecture both for practicing software engineers and for students pursuing careers in software design or management. It combines the authority of SEI’s pioneering curriculum with the proven pedagogical effectiveness of a book that’s been used for many years in countless training and college courses. The authors provide a comprehensive overview of the field of software architecture in a single, easy-to-digest package.

This book will help readers understand

• Why software architecture is critical to development projects and the organization as a whole  Which technical and organizational factors influence architecture, and are in turn influenced by it  How architecture drives quality attributes such as performance and reliability
• How to master and choose among today’s best architectural tactics.

Key Features

• The core book in Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI) influential software architecture curriculum: the field’s best-seller (14,000+ copies sold)
• Helps software practitioners and managers resolve crucial questions that enable the development of clear and effective architecture
• Now accompanied by slides, exercises, and exercise answers, making it even easier to teach and learn from

Table of Contents

1. Chapter 1: What Is Software Architecture?
2. Chapter 2: Why Is Software Architecture Important?
3. Chapter 3: The Many Contexts of Software Architecture
4. Chapter 4: Understanding Quality Attributes
5. Chapter 5: Availability
6. Chapter 6: Interoperability
7. Chapter 7: Modifiability
8. Chapter 8: Performance
9. Chapter 9: Security
10. Chapter 10: Testability
11. Chapter 11: Usability
12. Chapter 12: Other Quality Attributes
13. Chapter 13: Architectural Tactics and Patterns
14. Chapter 14: Quality Attribute Modeling and Analysis
15. Chapter 15: Architecture in Agile Projects
16. Chapter 16: Architecture and Requirements
17. Chapter 17: Designing an Architecture
18. Chapter 18: Documenting Software Architectures
19. Chapter 19: Architecture, Implementation, and Testing
20. Chapter 20: Architecture Reconstruction and Conformance
21. Chapter 21: Architecture Evaluation
22. Chapter 22: Management and Governance
23. Chapter 23: Economic Analysis of Architectures
24. Chapter 24: Architecture Competence
25. Chapter 25: Architecture and Software Product Lines
26. Chapter 26: Architecture in the Cloud
27. Chapter 27: Architectures for the Edge
28. Chapter 28: Epilogue