Architecture Mechanism

Definitions

Architecture Mechanism

a major architectural decision or invention concerning a general behavior of an application.

The typical objectives of architecture mechanisms are to:

The following are examples of architecture mechanisms:

The typical stakeholders of the architecture mechanisms mechanism are:

Producer: Architecture Team
Evaluator: Architecture Inspection Team
Approvers:
Maintainer: Architecture Team
Users:
- Teams:
  - Architecture team, which uses it as an input when producing the software architecture document.
  - Software development team, which uses it as an input when producing the software architecture prototype and to drive the design of the software.
  - Independent test team, which uses it as an input when generating operational availability test cases.
- Organizations:
  - Customer organization, which uses it to minimize costs and to understand how operational availability and reliability requirements will be met.
  - Maintenance organization, which benefits from the decreased need to perform manual perfective and preventative maintenance.
  - User organization, which benefits from the increase in operational availability and reliability.

The architecture mechanisms mechanism is typically developed during the following phases:

The architecture mechanisms mechanism can typically be started if the following preconditions hold:

The initiation phase has started.
The architecture team has been staffed and trained in architecture mechanisms.
A initial system requirements specification containing a significant number of the architecturally significant operational and quality requirements is available.

The typical inputs to the architecture mechanisms mechanism include:

Work Products:
- System Requirements Specification for architecturally significant requirements
Stakeholders:
- TBD