A SURVEY OF SYNERGISTIC RELATIONSHIPS FOR DESIGNING ARCHITECTURE: SCENARIOS, QUALITY ATTRIBUTES, PATTERNS, DECISIONS, REASONING FRAMEWORK

Abstract - Software Architectures are generally designed with particular functional and nonfunctional requirements. Organizations often need to choose Software Architecture for future development from several contending candidate architectures. Several methods have been proposed to design, analyze, selecting architectures with respect to hoped quality attributes to identify their restrictions. Most of these methods encourage the use of architectural patterns to develop architectures with known characteristics and apply scenarios to evaluate those architectures for desired quality attributes (e.g., reliability, modifiability). In case of Architecting a complex design activity, it involves making decisions about a number of inter-dependent design choices that relate to a range of design concerns. Each decision requires selecting among a number of alternatives; each of which impacts differently on various quality attributes (e.g., real-time, reliability, and performance). This paper discusses a selection framework based on multiattribute decision making using Hypothetical Equivalents, Architectural Information in a format that can support design decisions, ArchDesigner as a taxonomic approach along with GB case study and a Reasoning Framework which is encapsulation mechanism, can be used by nonexperts to examine a specific quality (e.g., performance, modifiability, availability) of a system.