Modifiability Tactics
An architectural tactic is a design decision that affects how well a software architecture addresses a particular quality attribute. This report describes how tactics are based on the parameters of quality attribute models. Tactics provide an architectural means of adjusting those parameters, which, in turn, can improve the quality-attribute-specific behavior of the resulting system.
This report justifies the tactics for modifiability, using established concepts of coupling, cohesion, and cost motivations as the means of identifying parameters of interest. Various tactics are then described based on their ability to control these parameters. The report also describes a standard set of architectural patterns and their variants in terms of the use of these tactics.
This report is related to the following area(s) of work:
Software ArchitectureTechnical Report
CMU/SEI-2007-TR-002
September 2007
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SEI:
Bachmann, Felix; Bass, Len; & Nord, Robert. Modifiability Tactics (CMU/SEI-2007-TR-002). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2007. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/07tr002.cfm
IEEE:
F. Bachmann, L. Bass, and R. Nord, "Modifiability Tactics," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Report CMU/SEI-2007-TR-002, 2007. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/07tr002.cfm
APA:
Bachmann, F., Bass, L., & Nord, R. (2007). Modifiability Tactics (CMU/SEI-2007-TR-002). Retrieved May 24, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/07tr002.cfm
CHI:
Bachmann, Felix, Len Bass, and Robert Nord. Modifiability Tactics (CMU/SEI-2007-TR-002). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2007. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/07tr002.cfm
MLA:
Bachmann, F., Bass, L., & Nord, R. 2007. Modifiability Tactics (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2007-TR-002). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/07tr002.cfm
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