Using patterns to capture architectural decisions

IEEE Software

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 38-45

  Harrison, Neil B ^a   Avgeriou, Paris ^b   Zdun, Uwe ^c  

^a UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Architectural knowledge; Decision documentation; Design rationale; Patterns; Quality attributes; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA MINING; DECISION MAKING; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

ARCHITECTURAL EROSION; ARCHITECTURE PATTERNS;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 34547120204     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2007.124     Document Type: Article

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