To support software architecture evaluation practices, several efforts have been made to
provide a basis for comparing and assessing evaluation methods, document various best …

This report details the results of two workshops on software architecture evaluation, held at
the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) on November 9-10, 1995 and May 9-10, 1996. The …

Software architecture evaluation has been proposed as a means to achieve quality
attributes such as maintainability and reliability in a system. The objective of the evaluation …

Architecture evaluation has become a mature sub-discipline in architecting with high-quality
practical and scientific literature available. However, publications on industrial applications …

The software architecture is one of the most crucial artifacts within the lifecycle of a software
system. Decisions made at the architectural level directly enable, facilitate, hamper, or …

Context: The size and complexity of software systems along with the demand for ensuring
quality requirements have fostered the interest in software architecture evaluation methods …

Software architecture evaluations are an important decision support tool when developing
software systems. It is thus important that they are conducted professionally and that the …

We have developed a framework, FOCSAAM, for comparing software architecture analysis
methods. FOCSAAM can help architects and managers to choose a specific method to …

Many software architecture evaluation methods, proposed by the research community, have
a common problem of engaging the same architects to perform architecture design and …

Software architectural evaluation becomes a familiar practice in software engineering
community for developing quality software. Architectural evaluation reduces software …