Applied Software Architecture

Applied Software Architecture provides practical guidelines and techniques for
producing quality software designs. It gives an overview of software architecture basics and
a detailed guide to architecture design tasks, focusing on four fundamental views of
architecture--conceptual, module, execution, and code. Through four real-life case studies,
this book reveals the insights and best practices of the most skilled software architects in
designing software architecture. These case studies, written with the masters who created
them, demonstrate how the book's concepts and techniques are embodied in
state-of-the-art architecture design. You will learn how to:

• Create designs flexible enough to incorporate tomorrow's technology;
  
• Use architecture as the basis for meeting performance, modifiability, reliability, and
  
• Safety requirements;
  
• Determine priorities among conflicting requirements and arrive at a successful
  solution; and
  
• Use software architecture to help integrate system components.

Anyone involved in software architecture will find this book a valuable compendium of best
practices and an insightful look at the critical role of architecture in software development.

Table of contents

Preface

Foreword

Part I: Software Architecture

Chapter 1: Introduction

Part II: Designing, Describing, and Using Software Architecture

Chapter 2: IS2000: The Advanced Imaging Solution

Chapter 3: Global Analysis

Chapter 4: Conceptual Architecture View

Chapter 5: Module Architecture View

Chapter 6: Execution Architecture View

Chapter 7: Code Architecture View

Part III: Software Architecture Best Practice

Chapter 8: Safety Vision

Chapter 9: Healthy Vision

Chapter 10: Central Vision

Chapter 11: Comm Vision

Part IV: Software Architecture in Your Future

Chapter 12: The Role of the Software Architect

Glossary

Four Views Quick Reference

Bibliography

Index