Functional Design Focus
Architectural Anti-Patterns
This describes the concept of a functional-only architectural focus, an extreme example, where architects consider only their functional domain. Here, only half of the system being built is actually being consciously 'designed', the remainder is being evolved by development teams (who may or may not know how to architect large suites . . .
Quality Factors for SOA
Service-Oriented Architecture and Architectural Quality Factors
In the context of Service-Oriented Architecture, early work from [O'Brien et al, 2005] discusses the importance of quality attributes -
Software architecture is the bridge between mission/business goals and a software-intensive system. Quality attribute requirements drive software architecture design. Choosing and designing . . .
Architectural Quality Factors
Software Architecture in Practice
Recap on extrinsic quality factors
Extrinsic quality factors are key concepts for business and architecture stakeholders. [Bass et al, 2013] use quality factors to describe the architectural characteristics of a system -
availability, modifiability, performance, security, testability, and usability
as . . .
Heuristics for testability
Some tips from Eberhardt Rechtin
On the design of testable systems, Rechtin provides us with several heuristics [Rechtin, 1991] -
To be tested, a system must be designed to be tested
This sounds self-evident, yet, within many architecture silos, a view persists that testability is the concern of development and testing teams. Are they missing . . .