Architecture Lifecycle Issues

Architecture Based Process

• Establish business case for the system. e.g. Product cost, time to market.
• Understand the requirements
  • Use cases, prototypes
  • Quality attributes
  • Commonality & variability from previous/future systems - domain analysis.
• Develop the architecture - use tactics, styles.
• Document the architecture - using variety of views and ADL.
• Analyse or evaluate the architecture.
• Implement product based on the architecture.
• Ensure that implementation conforms with architecture.