Watch the Recorded Webinars: Architecting Software the SEI Way
In this set of three, 1-hour webinars, SEI researchers provide information that is important to making better use of software architecture practice.
You will learn:
- what software architecture is and why it is important
- why evaluation methods can continuously ensure the creation of successful systems
- how an architecture-centric approach links business goals with the enterprise architecture that is crucial to achieving them
Hour One: Fundamentals
Software Architecture Fundamentals: Technical, Business, and Social Influences
Rob Wojcik addresses the basics of software architecture. Rob discusses the nature of software architecture in terms of architectural structures; the role that software architecture plays in an organization; the technical, business, and social influences on software architectures; and the role of quality attribute requirements in architectural design.
Hour Two: Improved Practice
Architecture Evaluation: A Tool for Designing Systems That Meet Users' Needs
Felix Bachmann introduces the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM), a tool that has proven to be a valuable tool for ensuring that systems are designed and built to satisfy stakeholder needs. Felix discusses how an ATAM can be readily integrated into the architecture design process to continuously ensure the design is on the right track.
Hour Three: Bridging Technical and Business Goals
Analyzing and Evaluating Enterprise Architectures
It is the SEI's view that enterprise architecture is critical to achieving business goals and that architectures are shaped by quality attribute requirements. John Klein addresses how to effectively translate business goals into quality attribute requirements and assure that those requirements are reflected in decisions that shape an enterprise architecture.
*program is subject to change
About the Speakers
Rob Wojcik
Rob Wojcik is a senior member of the technical staff in the Research, Technology, and System Solutions Program at the Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute (SEI), a position he has held since 2004. In his current position, he performs training and consulting in software architecture technology and software architecture evaluations. Prior to his position at the SEI, over 20 years of his career were dedicated to developing software systems that utilize traditional as well as artificial intelligence and object oriented technologies. He has an MS in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh.
Felix Bachmann
Felix H. Bachmann is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) working in the Research, Technology, and System Solutions Program. Felix is a co-author of the Attribute-Driven Design Method, a contributor to and instructor for the ATAM Evaluator Training, a co-author of Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond, and leading research on an architecture design expert. Before joining the SEI he was a software engineer at the Robert Bosch GmbH in Corporate Research, where he worked with software development departments to address the issues of increased features and higher quality in the call-control software, -- the core of telecommunications products. As a result of these efforts, Bosch developed the OTES (Objects Through Essential Services) Method, in which Felix played a decisive role. Felix also defined the corresponding software development process that describes in three levels how to develop high quality software in a timely fashion. Later he was a Resident Affiliate for Bosch at the SEI where he managed a collaboration in software architecture and product lines that was aimed at applying the SEI technology and methods in these areas within Bosch business units. Bachmann began his career in 1977, educating service staff on determining and rectifying software errors in the first computer controlled telecommunication systems.
John Klein
John has over 20 years experience developing systems and software. He joined SEI in 2008. Before joining SEI, John was a chief architect at Avaya, Inc. There his responsibilities included development of multimodal agents, architectures for communication analytics, and the creation and enhancement of the Customer Interaction Software Product Line architecture. Prior to that, John was a software architect at Quintus, where he designed the first commercially successful multi-channel integrated contact center product and led the technology integration of the product portfolio as Quintus acquired several other companies. Before joining Quintus, John worked for several companies in the video conferencing and video networking industry. He began his professional career at Raytheon, where he developed hardware and software solutions for radar signal processing, multi-spectral image processing, and parallel processing architectures and algorithms.
For More Information
- Find out more about SEI work in software architecture.
- How does architecture-centric engineering practice help make better software-reliant products? Download our white paper to learn more.
- If you have any questions, contact us at info@sei.cmu.edu.
About the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute
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