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Overview
Software Architecture in Practice LiveLessons provides aspiring architects an overview to a broad range of methods, processes, and tools that are essential to managing the complexity of large-scale software. These LiveLessons will provide you with practical, road-tested techniques and advice to help you become a software architect.
Description
In this video training, we begin with an overview of software architecture-what it is, what it isn´t, what it is good for, and how you should represent it. We then look at the requirements (quality attributes) that drive architecture-things like performance, modifiability, security, and so forth. We learn how to elicit, prioritize, and characterize these quality attributes precisely and unambiguously. Then we will talk about the building-blocks of architecture: patterns and tactics. Using this knowledge we will go over a method for architecture design called ADD (Attribute Driven Design). Having designed (or inherited) an architecture, you may want to analyze it, to understand its strengths and weaknesses. To achieve this we present a method called the ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method). Finally we finish up with some practical advice for practicing architects such as: how to blend architect activities with agile methodologies, and how to be an agent for change in an organization.
Skill Level
- Intermediate
- Advanced
What You Will Learn
- What is Software Architecture
- Architectural Requirements: Quality Attributes
- Architectural Patterns and Tactics
- Architecture Design
- Architecture Analysis
- Architecture in Agile Projects
Who Should Take This Course
- Developers looking "go to the next level" in their organization and become architects and leaders.
Course Requirements
- Basic understanding of programming and development
- Basic understanding of the software engineering lifecycle and project activities
Table of Contents
Lesson 1: Course Intro/What is Software Architecture
1.1 Define software architecture
1.2 Explain why software architecture is important
1.3 Document an architecture
1.4 Understand the importance of architectural patterns and
reference architectures
1.5 Distinguish a good architecture
Lesson 2: Architecture Requirements: Quality Attributes
2.1 Distinguish functionality from Quality Attributes (QAs)
2.2 Specify quality attribute requirements
2.3 Recognize other requirements that drive an
architecture
Lesson 3: Gathering Architectural Requirements
3.1 Identify problems in eliciting actionable architectural
requirements
3.2 Use the Quality Attribute Workshop (QAW)
3.3 Use the Quality Attribute Utility Tree
Lesson 4: Architectural Patterns and Tactics
4.1 Use architectural patterns
4.2 Use architectural tactics
4.3 Understand how tactics interact with patterns
Lesson 5: Creating the Architecture Tactics
5.1 Design an architecture
5.2 Understand a model design problem
5.3 Follow the steps of ADD
Lesson 6: Architecture Evaluation
6.1 Understand the forms of arcitecture evaluation
6.2 Follow the steps of the ATAM
6.3 Use thelLightweight ATAM
Lesson 7: Architectures in Agile Projects
7.1 Understand the concepts of Agile
7.2 See the relationship between agility and architecture
7.3 Follow guidelines for Agile architects
Lesson 8: Epilogue
8.1 The Value of Architecture
Summary
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- Lesson 1: Course Intro/What is Software Architecture
- Lesson 2: Architecture Requirements: Quality Attributes
- Lesson 3: Gathering Architectural Requirements
- Lesson 4: Architectural Patterns and Tactics
- Lesson 5: Creating the Architecture Tactics
- Lesson 6: Architecture Evaluation
- Lesson 7: Architectures in Agile Projects
- Lesson 8: Epilogue
- Summary
Product information
- Title: Software Architecture in Practice LiveLessons (Video Training)
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2014
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 0134049705
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