SEI Series in Software Engineering: Software Architecture and
Product Lines
The Product Line Systems
Program of the Software Engineering Institute is proud to be represented by
the following books. They are published by Addison-Wesley, as part of the
SEI Series in Software
Engineering.
- Documenting
Software Architectures: Views and Beyond, by Paul Clements, Felix Bachmann,
Len Bass, David Garlan, James Ivers, Reed Little, Robert Nord, and Judith
Stafford
This book is a practical guide to documenting software
architectures. The goal of is to provide a readable reference for software
practitioners to use when creating and using software architecture documents.
The approach takes advantage of the concept of architectural views, but goes
beyond that go incorporate other essential information that applies beyond any
single view. A comprehensive sample documentation package is included.
A course based on this book is
available.
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- Evaluating
Software Architectures: Methods and Case Studies, by Paul Clements, Rick
Kazman, and Mark Klein.
This book is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide
to software architecture evaluation, describing specific methods that can
quickly and inexpensively mitigate enormous risk in software projects. The
methods are illustrated both by case studies and by sample artifacts put into
play during an evaluation: viewgraphs, scenarios, and final reports--everything
you need to evaluate an architecture in your own organization.
A
course based on this book is
available.
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- Software
Product Lines: Practices and Patterns, by Paul Clements and Linda
Northrop.
Building product lines from common assets can yield remarkable
improvements in productivity, time to market, product quality, and customer
satisfaction. This book provides a framework of specific practices, with
detailed case studies, to guide the implementation of product lines in your
organization.
A course based
on this book is available.
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- Building
Systems from Commercial Components, by Kurt Wallnau, Scott Hissam, and
Robert Seacord.
Commercial components are increasingly seen as an
effective means to save time and money in building large software systems.
However, integrating preexisting components, with preexisting specifications,
is a delicate and difficult task. This book describes specific engineering
practices needed to accomplish that task successfully, illustrating the
techniques described with case studies and examples.
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- Software
Architecture in Practice, 2nd Edition, by Len Bass, Paul
Clements, and Rick Kazman.
This book introduces the concepts and best
practices of software architecture–how a software system is structured and
how that system's elements are meant to interact. In addition to covering the
essential technical topics for designing, specifying, and validating a system,
this book also emphasizes the importance of the business context in which large
systems are designed. Case studies that describe successful architectures
illustrate key points of both technical and organizational discussions.
A course based on this book is
available.
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