Description

Description

This course provides a comprehensive understanding of software architecture, including methods, languages, and best practices. Participants will learn how to design, describe, and evaluate software architectures using UML, as well as apply key architectural patterns and frameworks.

Through theoretical lessons and practical exercises, trainees will gain hands-on experience in defining software architectures using various perspectives, views, and industry-standard processes.

Training Objectives

• Understand the fundamentals of software architecture and its role in system development
• Learn component-based system architectures and architectural design languages
• Develop effective software architectures using best practices and industry standards
• Apply software architecture patterns and styles
• Describe architectures through viewpoints and perspectives
• Evaluate and refine architecture definitions using structured methodologies
• Explore leading architectural processes such as RUP
• OpenUP
• and VAP

Course Outline

• Day 1: Introduction to Software Architecture<br />
• Defining Architecture<
• System, business, software, technical, product line, and enterprise architectures<
• Understanding Software Architecture<
• Objectives, scope, and common misconceptions<
• Importance and benefits of software architecture<
• The ANSI/IEEE-1471-2000 standard for architectural descriptions<
• Key Architectural Concepts<
• Views and viewpoints<
• Modules, components, and connectors<
• Stakeholders and concerns<
• Architectural styles and design languages<
• Software Development & Architecture<
• The role of software architecture in development cycles<
• Software architecture vs. design<
• Day 2: Software Architecture & UML<br />
• Core Principles of Software Architecture<
• Defining architecture vs. design<
• Components, relationships, and interfaces<
• The basic architecture design process and decision-making<
• Evaluating architecture quality: Good vs. bad architectures<
• UML in Architecture Descriptions<
• Functional and non-functional requirements<
• Identifying components and modeling system behavior<
• Defining and documenting interfaces<
• Component allocation and validation<
• Architectural Structures<
• Module-Based Structures: Decomposition, layered models, object structures<
• Component & Connector Structures: Communication, concurrency, shared data, client-server models<
• Allocation Structures: Deployment, implementation, and work assignments<
• Architectural Views & Viewpoints<
• Stakeholder perspectives and Kruchten’s 4+1 view model<
• Siemens’ 4-view model (S4V) and SEI’s 3-view model<
• The importance of design rationale and decision documentation<
• Day 3: Architectural Styles & Patterns<br />
• Fundamental Architectural Patterns<
• Event-driven, pipes and filters, layered architecture<
• Three-tier (MVC), client-server, peer-to-peer, share-nothing, plugins<
• Object-Oriented Architecture<
• Classes, relations, components, packages, interfaces, dependencies<
• Distributed Systems Architectures<
• Challenges and trade-offs in distributed systems<
• Client-server architecture, statelessness, caching strategies<
• RESTful architecture and resource-oriented design<
• Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA)<
• Components vs. services, lifecycle management, contract-based design<
• Loose coupling, registrars, brokers, and late binding<
• The OSGi/Java framework as an SOA example<
• Day 4: Architectural Processes & Best Practices<br />
• The Rational Unified Process (RUP)<
• Artifacts, roles, workflows, and best practices<
• Understanding why RUP adoption faced challenges<
• Modern Process Frameworks<
• OpenUP: An agile Unified Process variant<
• Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) and OpenUP tooling<
• Alternative Approaches<
• The Two-Track Unified Process (2TUP) and its Y-shaped lifecycle<
• The Visual Architecting Process (VAP): Technical and organizational perspectives<
• Leadership in Architecture<
• The balance between leadership and management<
• Why effective architects must lead, follow, or step aside when necessary