Software Architecture in Practice, Second Edition

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Reader's Guide

Part One Envisioning Architecture

Chapter 1 The Architecture Business Cycle

1.1 Where Do Architectures Come From?

1.2 Software Processes and the Architecture Business Cycle

1.3 What Makes a “Good” Architecture?

1.4 Summary

1.5 Discussion Questions

Chapter 2 What Is Software Architecture?

2.1 What Software Architecture Is and What It Isn't

2.2 Other Points of View

2.3 Architectural Patterns, Reference Models, and Reference Architectures

2.4 Why Is Software Architecture Important?

2.5 Architectural Structures and Views

2.6 Summary

2.7 For Further Reading

2.8 Discussion Questions

Chapter 3 A-7E Avionics System: A Case Study in Utilizing Architectural Structures

3.1 Relationship to the Architecture ...