32.3. The Science: Identification and Analysis of Architectural Factors
Architectural Factors
Any and all of the FURPS+ requirements may have a significant influence on the architecture of a system, ranging from reliability, to schedule, to skills, and to cost constraints. For example, a case of tight schedule with limited skills and sufficient money probably favors buying or outsourcing to specialists, rather than building all components in-house.
However, the factors with the strongest architectural influence tend to be within the high-level FURPS+ categories of functionality, reliability, performance, supportability, implementation, and interface (see Chapter 5 for a detailed breakdown). Interestingly, it is usually the non-functional quality ...
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