Relating System Quality and Software Architecture

System Quality and Software Architecture collects state-of-the-art knowledge on how to intertwine software quality requirements with software architecture and how quality attributes are exhibited by the architecture of the system. Contributions from leading researchers and industry evangelists detail the techniques required to achieve quality management in software architecting, and the best way to apply these techniques effectively in various application domains (especially in cloud, mobile and ultra-large-scale/internet-scale architecture) Taken together, these approaches show how to assess the value of total quality management in a software development process, with an emphasis on architecture.

The book explains how to improve system quality with focus on attributes such as usability, maintainability, flexibility, reliability, reusability, agility, interoperability, performance, and more. It discusses the importance of clear requirements, describes patterns and tradeoffs that can influence quality, and metrics for quality assessment and overall system analysis. The last section of the book leverages practical experience and evidence to look ahead at the challenges faced by organizations in capturing and realizing quality requirements, and explores the basis of future work in this area.

Explains how design decisions and method selection influence overall system quality, and lessons learned from theories and frameworks on architectural qualityShows how to align enterprise, system, and software architecture for total qualityIncludes case studies, experiments, empirical validation, and systematic comparisons with other approaches already in practice.

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction to Relating System Quality and Software Architecture Part I: Human-Centric Evaluation for Systems Qualities and Software Architecture Chapter 2: Exploring How the Attribute Driven Design Method is Perceived Chapter 3:  Harmonizing the Quality View of Stakeholders Chapter 4:  Optimizing Functional and Quality Requirements according to Stakeholder’s Goals

Part II: Analysis, Monitoring and Control of Software Architecture for System Qualities Chapter 5:  Hasard: A Model-Based Method for Quality Analysis of Software Architecture Chapter 6: Lightweight Evaluation of Software Architecture Decisions Chapter 7:  A Rule-Based Approach to Architecture Conformance: Checking as a Quality Management Measure Chapter 8: Dashboards for Continuous Monitoring of Product Development Quality Progress

Part III:  Domain-Specific Software Architecture and Software Qualities Chapter 9: Achieving Quality in Customer-Configurable Products Chapter 10:  Archample: Architectural Analysis Approach for Multiple Product Line Engineering Chapter 11: Quality Attributes when Architecting Medical Planning and Simulation Systems Chapter 12:  Addressing Usability Requirements in Mobile Software Development Chapter 13:  Understanding Quality Requirements Engineering in Contract-based Projects from the Perspective of Software Architects: an Exploratory Study