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Abowd,
Gregory D.
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Scenario-Based Analysis of Software Architecture
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Abowd,
Gregory D.
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Software architecture is one of the most important tools for designing and
understanding a system, whether that system is in preliminary design, active
deployment, or maintenance. Scenarios are important tools for exercising an
architecture in order to gain information about a system's fitness with
respect to a set of desired quality attributes. This paper presents a set of
experiential case studies illustrating the methodological use of scenarios
to gain architecture-level understanding and predictive insight into large,
real-world systems in various domains. A structured method for
scenario-based architectural analysis is presented, using scenarios to
analyze architectures with respect to achieving quality attributes. Finally,
lessons and morals are presented, drawn from the growing body of experience
in applying scenario-based architectural analysis techniques.