IEEE Std 1471-2000 IEEE Recommended Practice for Architectural Description of Software-Intensive Systems -Description

Abstract: This recommended practice addresses the activities of the creation, analysis, and sustainment of architectures of software-intensive systems, and the recording of such architectures in terms of architectural descriptions. A conceptual framework for architectural description is established. The content of an architectural description is defined. Annexes provide the rationale for key concepts and terminology, the relationships to other standards, and examples of usage.

Keywords: architectural description, architecture, software-intensive system, stakeholder concerns, system stakeholder, view, viewpoint

Content

• 1. Overview
• • 1.1 Scope
  • 1.2 Purpose
  • 1.3 Intended users
  • 1.4 Conformance to this recommended practice
• 2. References
• 3. Definitions
• 4. Conceptual framework
• • 4.1 Architectural description in context
  • 4.2 Stakeholders and their roles
  • 4.3 Architectural activities in the life cycle
  • • 4.3.1 Scenario: architecture of single systems
    • 4.3.2 Scenario: iterative architecture for evolutionary systems
    • 4.3.3 Scenario: architecture of existing systems
    • 4.3.4 Scenario: architectural evaluation
  • 4.4 Uses of architectural descriptions
• 5. Architectural description practices
• • 5.1 Architectural documentation
  • 5.2 Identification of stakeholders and concerns
  • 5.3 Selection of architectural viewpoints
  • 5.4 Architectural views
  • 5.5 Consistency among architectural views
  • 5.6 Architectural rationale
  • 5.7 Example use
• Annex A Bibliography
• Annex B Notes on terminology
• Annex C Examples of viewpoints
• • C.1 The structural viewpoint in software architecture
  • C.2 Behavioral viewpoint
  • C.3 Physical interconnect viewpoint
  • C.4 Link bit error rate viewpoint
• Annex D Relationship to other standards
• • D.1 Use with 12207.0-1996
  • • D.1.1 Decomposition and allocation viewpoint
  • D.2 Use with reference model of open distributed processing
  • • D.2.1 Enterprise viewpoint
    • D.2.2 Information viewpoint
    • D.2.3 Computational viewpoint
    • D.2.4 Engineering viewpoint
    • D.2.5 Technology viewpoint

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