LearningTarget ^

what will students learn from the lesson/topic

• can manage dependencies of software in a sound way
• can analyze quality attributes of software
  • architecture, code
• know about architecture analysis
  • e.g., the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method
  • e.g., the Cost Benefit Analysis Method

IdeasForExercises ^

how to exercise the topic

• exercise on analyzing a simple architecture
• exercise on determining the architecture's quality attributes

 * e.g.using a concrete analysis tool  like CodeCrawler http://codecrawler.sourceforge.net/

LiteratureList for teachers ^

books we expects teachers to know or use for preparation

• Len Bass et al, Software Architecture in Practice, second edition, Addison Wesely, 2003, ISBN 0-321-15495-9

ReadingList for students ^

books / web resources students should read for self study

• Wikipedia: Software architecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_architecture )
• SEI: Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (http://www.sei.cmu.edu/architecture/ata_method.html)
• SEI: Cost-Benefit Analysis Method (http://www.sei.cmu.edu/architecture/cbam.html)
• SEI: Making Architecture Design Decisions: An Economic Approach (http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/02.reports/02tr035/02tr035.html)
• Robert Martin, excerpt from "Agile Software ...." online chapter on package design
  • http://www.wlap.org/browser.php?ID=20030508-01-kluth
  • http://www.wlap.org/file-archive/atlas/newoodpp.ppt

PreRequisites ^

• definition of expected prerequisites per topic/lesson
• potential guides for students to prepare