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Interview: Software Systems Architecture: Working With Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives

Topics
Book Review,
Architecture,
Architecture Documentation

Nick Rozanski and Eoin Woods have continued their journey of building a comprehensive handbook on Systems Software architecture with the publication of the second edition of Software Systems Architecture. InfoQ spoke to the authors on a couple of new topics, the System Context viewpoint and Agile, that are covered in the latest edition.

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The Open Group Releases Standards for SOA Architects, Cloud Service Providers

Topics
Enterprise Architecture,
Cloud Computing,
Architecture,
SOA

The Open Group recently published three standards that aid organizations that are building infrastructure-as-a-service offerings and service oriented architectures. In concert, these standards provide expert advice in the form of best practices, questionnaires, and templates for SOA and cloud-scale infrastructure architecture.

Preview: 15th SPLC Conference on Software Product Lines

Topics
Reuse,
Enterprise Architecture,
Domain Specific Languages,
Design,
Platforms,
Model Driven Engineering,
Architecture,
Governance,
Domain-Driven Design

The International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC) is the most important event that covers the full range of Product Line Engineering in software-intensive products. Its 15th incarnation will take place in the Munich City Center from August 21st to August 26th.

New Books on Software Architecture

Topics
Methodologies,
Architecture

Software Architecture is one of the important topics for software engineers, because many failures of software development projects are caused by inadequate design. Thus, it is essential to learn more about architectural issues in theory and practice. Interesting new books that have been published recently or in the near future could be very helpful

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Rick Kazman on Evaluating Software Architectures

Topics
Architecture

Evaluating software architectures is a critical part of the software architecture lifecycle processes. The book "Evaluating Software Architectures: Methods and Case Studies" covers the software architecture evaluation topic in detail focusing on different architecture evaluation frameworks. InfoQ spoke with Rick Kazman, co-author of the book on the architecture evaluation topic.

Trust is good, Control is better - Software Architecture Assessment

Topics
Software Craftsmanship,
Architecture,
Methodologies

Testing is an important means to obtain information about implementations. Likewise, code reviews help to keep the code quality high. What is very common for code, gets sometimes neglected for software architecture. But how can a project team test the architecture itself? Software architecture assessment represents an effective approach for introspecting and assessing software design.

Are You a Software Architect?

Topics
Leadership,
Delivering Quality,
Enterprise Architecture,
Architecture

The line between development and architecture is tricky. Some say it's fake, that architecture is an extension of the design process undertaken by developers; others say it's a chasm that can only be crossed by lofty developers who believe you must abstract your abstractions and not worry about implementation details. There's a balance in the middle, but how do you move from one to the other?

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RESTful Approaches To Financial Systems Integration

Topics
Business Process Modeling,
Enterprise Architecture,
REST,
Architecture,
SOA

RESTful architectures are the subject of this presentation, specifically the way they are particularly attractive in solving many financial services integration problems. Kirk will present the advantages of a RESTful architecture to develop integrated systems in the financial services arena, in particular leveraging infrastructure, skills, and systems already in place at these firms.

Lessons Learned from Architecture Reviews

Topics
Methodologies,
Architecture

In this presentation, Rebecca Wirfs-Brock presents some practical lessons she has learned from doing architectural reviews. Many times projects are not delivered in time, or have quality problems or have an incomplete set of features due to architectural flaws. The reviews are meant to highlight existing risks and strengths of the architecture, and to reveal issues initially neglected.