Software Architect's Handbook

Selecting an architecture design process

Now that we understand the fundamental activities that occur during software architecture design, which one do we use? There are many different software architecture design processes. One way that we can compare design processes is to examine the activities and artifacts of the design process:

• What are the activities and artifacts of the design process?
• Are there any activities/artifacts that you think are not needed?
• Are there any activities/artifacts that you feel are lacking?
• What are the techniques and tools of the design process?

If it helps, you can compare the activities and artifacts of the design process with those that exist in the general model. Some of the activities and artifacts of ...