Little guidance and few methods are available to refine a set of software requirements into an architecture satisfying those requirements. Part of the challenge stems from the fac...
Abstract. The integration of COTS components into a system under development entails architectural mismatches. These have been tackled, so far, at the component level, through comp...
Unstable software requirements are common and call for Agile practices. On the other hand, quality standards and recommendations, to which companies must adhere to play in selecte...
Complex software systems require expressive notations for representing their software architectures. Two competing paths have emerged. One is to use a specialized notation for arc...
Ideally, a software project commences with requirements gathering and specification, reaches its major milestone with system implementation and delivery, and then continues, possi...