Software Systems Architecture: Working with Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives, Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

The authors of this book are both practicing software architects who have worked in this role, together and separately, on information system development projects for quite a few years. During that time, we have seen a significant increase in the visibility of software architects and in the importance with which our role has been viewed by colleagues, management, and customers. No large software development project nowadays would expect to go ahead without an architect—or a small architectural group—in the vanguard of the development team.

While there may be an emerging consensus that the software architect’s role is an important one, there seems to be little agreement on what the job actually involves. Who are our ...