An architectural tactic is a design decision that helps achieve a specific quality-attribute response. Such a tactic must be motivated by a quality-attribute analysis model. This report presents the basic concepts of analysis models for two quality attributes-modifiability and performance, identifies a collection of tactics that can be used to control responses within those models, and discusses how to analyze the models in terms of these tactics.
This report also describes how to interpret architectural designs in terms of analysis models and how to apply those models to specific architectures. In addition, it presents the analysis of several different architectural patterns taken from current literature.
This report is related to the following area(s) of work:
Software ArchitectureTechnical Report
CMU/SEI-2002-TR-025
August 2002
SEI:
Bachmann, Felix; Bass, Len; & Klein, Mark. Illuminating the Fundamental Contributors to Software Architecture Quality (CMU/SEI-2002-TR-025). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2002. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/02tr025.cfm
IEEE:
F. Bachmann, L. Bass, and M. Klein, "Illuminating the Fundamental Contributors to Software Architecture Quality," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Report CMU/SEI-2002-TR-025, 2002. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/02tr025.cfm
APA:
Bachmann, F., Bass, L., & Klein, M. (2002). Illuminating the Fundamental Contributors to Software Architecture Quality (CMU/SEI-2002-TR-025). Retrieved May 21, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/02tr025.cfm
CHI:
Bachmann, Felix, Len Bass, and Mark Klein. Illuminating the Fundamental Contributors to Software Architecture Quality (CMU/SEI-2002-TR-025). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2002. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/02tr025.cfm
MLA:
Bachmann, F., Bass, L., & Klein, M. 2002. Illuminating the Fundamental Contributors to Software Architecture Quality (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2002-TR-025). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/02tr025.cfm
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