Cracking the IT Architect Interview

Chapter 7. Methodologies, Frameworks, and NFRs

This section covers the Q&A for the frameworks and nonfunctional requirements domain. An architecture framework provides principles and practices for creating and using the architecture description of a system. It structures architects' thinking by dividing the architecture description into domains, layers or views, and offers models-typically metrics and diagrams-to document each view.

This section also covers the solutioning of NFRs, providing insights into how they will be addressed in the solutioning phase. This section covers the key NFRs that are most critical for any project. For each NFR, it provides the various alternatives pertaining to the solution and the design principle that needs to ...