Documenting software architectures

Views and beyond

Collectif d'auteurs, Paul Clements

550 pages, parution le 16/10/2002

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For all but the most trivial software systems, you must pay close attention to its architecture-the conceptual glue that holds every phase of a project together for its many stakeholders. Without an architecture that is appropriate for the problem being solved, the project will at the very least stumble along, or most likely, fail. Even with a superb architecture, if it is not well understood and well communicated-in other words, well documented-the project cannot be considered a complete success. Although architecture is now widely recognized as a critical element in software development, there has been little guidance independent of language or notation about how to capture it. Based on the authors' extensive experience, Documenting Software Architecture, helps you to decide what information to document and then, with guidelines and examples (in various notations, including UML), shows you how to express an architecture in a form that everyone can understand. If you go to the trouble to create a strong architecture, you must also be prepared to describe it in enough detail, without ambiguity, and to organize it so that others can quickly find the information they need. Essential topics for practitioners include:

Seven rules for sound documentation
The uses of software architecture documentation, including goals and strategies
Architectural views and styles, with general introductions and specific examples
Documenting software interfaces and software behavior
Templates for capturing and organizing the information to generate a coherent package

ContentsPrologue: Software Architectures and DocumentationI. SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE VIEWTYPES AND STYLES

The Module Viewtype
Styles of the Module Viewtype
The Component-and-Connector Viewtype
Styles of the C&C Viewtype
The Allocation Viewtype and Styles

II. SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE DOCUMENTATION IN PRACTICE

Advanced Concepts
Documenting Software Interfaces
Documenting Behavior
Choosing the Views
Building the Documentation Package
Other Views and Beyond

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Paul Clements is a senior member of the technical staff at the SEI, where he works on software architecture and product line engineering. He is the author of five books and more than three dozen papers on these and other topics.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Addison Wesley
Auteur(s)	Collectif d'auteurs, Paul Clements
Parution	16/10/2002
Nb. de pages	550
Format	16,2 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	857g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780201703726
ISBN13	978-0-201-70372-6