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become anything other than mere words. MFESA provides tools by which qualities of the system
are made explicit, observable, and manageable aspects of the system architecture.
19.3.4 Architectural Quality Cases Are Important
e use of architectural quality cases is central to MFESA. Architectural quality cases are based
on the concept of safety cases from the safety community. ey are generalizations of safety cases
because they address all relevant quality characteristics and quality attributes. ey are also spe-
cializations of safety cases because they include only architecturally relevant information. MFESA
architectural quality cases are taken from the QUality Assessment