chapter 04

Question 0

Architectural focus

Answer 0

An abstracted view of

the major components, the services they provide and the QUALITY properties required. (different from detailed design)

Question 1

Design Element

Answer 1

structure or diagram component that fulfills (one or more) requirements. Must be traceable to a requirement.

Question 2

Software Architecture Definition

Answer 2

The foundational software design activity and its product.
•transforms requirements into collection of design elements

These elements specify quality, behavior, structure and inter-relationships…to support detailed design and construction.

Question 3

quality

Answer 3

desired characteristics that represent stakeholder’s concerns.

(ending in —ity)
Availability, Security, Portability, Reliability, Testability, etc.

Question 4

design tactic

Answer 4

decision that influences CONTROL of a quality.

usability = undo, cancel
testability = event logging
performance = concurrency threads, computation optimization