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| 3 Fundamental understandings of software architecture: |
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1) Every application has an architecture
2) Every application has at least one architect
3) Architecture is not a phase of development |
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| Software Architecture (textbook def. 3 things) |
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| Structure or structures of the system which consist of: elements, properties, and relationships among them. |
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| Roles of Software Architecture (4) |
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1) Partitioning of the whole into parts
2) Helps assemble pieces into a workable system (collaboration)
3) Used for assuring quality attributes
4) Decision-making |
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| Software artifact (documentation) must be: (3) |
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1) Detailed (but abstract)
2) Unambiguous
3) Organized |
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| Uses of software documentation: (3) |
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1) Education
2) Communication to stakeholders
3) System analysis and construction |
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| Examples of stakeholders: (5) (can be more than those listed) |
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1) Management
2) Marketing
3) End user
4) Maintainers
5) Customer |
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| True or False: Architecture is a phase of development |
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| False: It has a foundational role in software development; encompasses decisions that pervade the software lifecycle |
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| True or False: Requirements analysis and consideration of design must be pursued at the same time |
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| True: Without considering design while considering requirements it becomes difficult to assess practicality, schedules, and costs. |
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| True or False: Requirements do not create value, products do |
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| True: The products are the potential solution to a problem. The requirements only define how the solution is to behave. |
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| Phases of software development where software architecture should be considered: (6) |
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1) Requirements
2) Design
3) Implementation
4) Analysis and Testing
5) Deployment
6) Evolution and Maintenance |
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| True or False: Existing architectures are not suitable to use as bases for the majority of new developments |
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| False: Existing architectures are a good starting point. It helps to look at existing products and see what they do well and how they fail. |
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| Typically the design phase is concerned with: (3) |
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1) system's structure
2) identification of primary system components
3) interconnections between components |
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| True or False: Architecture is just the structure of the system |
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| False: Architecture also encompasses the set of principal design decisions. |
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