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Feb 14, 2023 Mar 21, 2023 Apr 25, 2023 May 30, 2023 Jul 04, 2023
The course focuses on the role of software architecture in modern business system development. Topics covered in this course include the understanding of software architecture as a set of design decisions to meet functional requirements and quality attributes, design patterns, modeling tools and techniques, and software architecture in some new technology trends.
What Are the Fundamentals of Software Architecture?
Discuss the relation between software, applications, technology, and solution architectures.
Explain the role of IT in shaping and delivering business goals.
Assess requirements for making design decisions.
Examine the inherent difficulties in software intensive systems.
Construct Use Case diagrams to illustrate system context and architecturally significant functions of the system.
Where Does Architecture Fit in the Development Process?
Analyze the role and impact of architects and architecture in the development process.
Explore architectural viewpoints through the use of diagramming tools.
Contrast component-based, distributed, and SOA-based architecture.
Compare and contrast the role of architecture in Agile and waterfall development methodologies to determine which is appropriate to modernize a CRM system.
What Are Architectural Analysis, Design and Implementation?
Contrast architectural frameworks.
Discuss architectural design based on architectural decisions.
Build architectural diagrams using architectural patterns to satisfy functional requirements using UML.
What Are Design Patterns and Quality Attributes?
Model design decisions for quality attributes through UML.
Analyze design patterns to satisfy quality attributes.
Construct data models.
Apply design patterns for architectural integration.
What Is the Role of Enterprise Architecture?
Assess the role of enterprise architecture and the path to building enterprise-level architectural models.
Survey newer technology domains.
Analyze the role of architecture in creating and releasing software
Create an Architecture Design Document to modernize a CRM system.