Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon

Integrating the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM) with the Cost Benefit Analysis Method (CBAM)

Robert L. Nord
Mario R. Barbacci
Paul Clements
Rick Kazman
Mark Klein
Liam O'Brien
James E. Tomayko

Technical Note
CMU/SEI-2003-TN-038

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The Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Initiative at the Carnegie Mellon®Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has developed a number of architecture-centric methods currently in use including the SEISMArchitecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM), the SEI Quality Attribute Workshop (QAW), the SEI Cost Benefit Analysis Method (CBAM), SEI Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs (ARID), and the SEI Attribute-Driven Design (ADD) method. Building on our success in developing and piloting a collection of software architecture methods, we're now focusing on integrating them, and building the bridges between them and the processes and architecture efforts outside the SEI, all the while continuing to refine existing methods and models.