Software Architect's Handbook

Serves as training for team members

The system's architecture and its documentation serve as training for the developers on the team. By learning the various structures and elements of the system, and how they are supposed to interact, they learn the proper way in which the functionality is to be implemented.

A software development team may experience change, such as having new team members join or existing ones leave. The introduction and orientation of new members to a team often takes time. A well-thought-out architecture can make it easier for developers to transition to the team.

The maintenance phase of a software system can be one of the longest and costliest phases of a software project. Like new team members introduced during development, ...