Software Architect's Handbook

Providing input for software architecture reviews

Software architectures are reviewed to ensure that they have the capability to meet requirements, including quality attribute scenarios. Architecture documentation is useful during this process because it contains details that will allow a review team to analyze an architecture and make these types of determination.

The documentation can also be used to evaluate and compare alternative software architectures. Architecture documentation helps those who are tasked with comparing architectures to accomplish their work by providing the necessary details to make informed and accurate evaluations.