Software Systems Architecture

<strong><em>Software Systems Architecture</em></strong> is a highly regarded, practitioner-oriented guide to designing and implementing effective architectures for information systems. It is both a readily accessible introduction to software architecture and an invaluable handbook of well-established best practices. <br> <br> With this book you will learn how to <ul> <li>Design and communicate an architecture that reflects and balances the different needs of its stakeholders </li> <li>Focus on architecturally significant aspects of design, including frequently overlooked areas such as performance, resilience, and location </li> <li>Use scenarios and patterns to drive the creation and validation of your architecture </li> <li>Document your architecture as a set of related views </li> </ul> Reflecting new standards and developments in the field, this new edition extends and updates much of the content, and <ul> <li>Adds a “system context viewpoint” that documents the system’s interactions with its environment </li> <li>Expands the discussion of architectural principles, showing how they can be used to provide traceability and rationale for architectural decisions </li> <li>Explains how agile development and architecture can work together </li> <li>Positions requirements and architecture activities in the project context </li> <li>Presents a new lightweight method for architectural validation </li> </ul>