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SEI Software Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Workshop

The Software Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Workshops brought together engineers, architects, technical managers, and product managers to exchange best practices in developing and acquiring software architectures and using them to build predictably high-quality systems. Methods and techniques¹ include the Quality Attribute Workshop (QAW), Attribute-Driven Design (ADD), Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs (ARID), the Architecture Trade-Off Analysis Method (ATAM), the Cost-Benefit Analysis Method (CBAM), the Views and Beyond (V&B) approach to documentation, and software architecture reconstruction.

Workshop participants were invited to discuss the challenges they faced in meeting quality attribute requirements, predicting quality attribute behavior, and making practical and informed tradeoffs early. The SATURN Workshops provided a unique opportunity for participants to learn from each other about how to make progress towards the common goal of using effective software architecture practices across the life cycle to ensure predictable product qualities, cost, and schedule. They also provided an opportunity to give feedback to the SEI about promising future directions in software architecture technology and practices.

Upcoming SATURN Workshop

The Fourth Software Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Workshop (SATURN 2008), April 28 – May 1, 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Previous SATURN Workshops

The Third SEI Software Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Workshop (SATURN 2007), May 14-16, 2007, Sheraton Station Square, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Second SEI Software Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Workshop (SATURN 2006), April 25-26, 2006, Sheraton Station Square, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Proceedings of the Second Software Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Workshop (CMU/SEI-2006-TR-010).
The Software Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Workshop (SATURN 2005), April 6-7, 2005, Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Proceedings of the First Software Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Workshop (CMU/SEI-2005-TN-037).

To inquire about a workshop or be included on the SATURN mailing list, sent email to saturn@sei.cmu.edu.

¹ The methods and techniques are a series of architecture-centric methods developed and promulgated by the Software Architecture Technology (SAT) Initiative at the SEI.