ArchiTech: Tool support for NFR-guided architectural decision-making

Author

Ameller, David ; Collell, Oriol ; Franch, Xavier

Author_Institution

Software Eng. for Inf. Syst. Res. Group (GESSI), Univ. Politec. de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2012

fDate

24-28 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

315

Lastpage

316

Abstract

Researchers from requirements engineering and software architecture had emphasized the importance of NonFunctional Requirements and their influence in the architectural design process. To improve this process we have designed a tool, ArchiTech, which aims to support architects during the design process by suggesting alternative architectural decisions that can improve some types of non-functional requirements in a particular project, and facilitate the reuse of architectural knowledge shared between projects of the same architectural domain (e.g., web-based applications).

Keywords

formal verification; object-oriented methods; software architecture; ArchiTech; NFR-guided architectural decision-making; architectural design process; architectural knowledge; nonfunctional requirements; requirements engineering; software architecture; Computer architecture; Decision making; Information systems; Simulated annealing; Software; Software architecture; Non-functional requirement; architectural decision; computer-aided support system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Requirements Engineering Conference (RE), 2012 20th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1090-750X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2783-1

Electronic_ISBN

1090-750X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RE.2012.6345821

Filename

6345821