ITEC 3030 Final: ITEC 3030 Final Notes
5 Jan 2017
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How is architecture exhibited in a software system: static structure (software, data, hardware elements, dynamic structure (runtime elements) Candidate structures vs dynamic structures (need a load balancer, while cs does not) Quality triangle (high quality, low cost, short time to market) Architectural descriptions: artifacts that document an architecture in a way that a) stakeholders understand the architecture and b) see how the architecture addressed their needs. Views: representation of one or more structural aspects of an architecture/shows how system structure addresses the concerns of one or more stakeholders: views usually have: Level of detail: solution to views are viewpoints; view is an instance of a viewpoint. Describes the relationships, dependencies and interactions between the system and its environment (i. e. oltp, dss/mis: fundamental organization. Describes the runtime functional elements, what they do, their interactions and interfaces (i. e. oltp, website, calculation service)
