Capturing software architectural design decisions

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 686-689

  Lee, Larix ^a   Kruchten, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Architectural knowledge; Decision capture; Design decision; Design rationale; Memory aid; Software architecture; Software development

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE; DESIGN DECISIONS; ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (ECE); EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURAL;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 48749114932     PISSN: 08407789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2007.176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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