#UML_Diagrams

When there is a defined structure/plan for coordinating work between developers when implementing individual features or grounding…

Activity diagrams have a few major parts: - Start/End nodes : denoted by a labeled opaque circle where your software begins/Ends…

Adding value to the client can sometimes be something tangible like a new feature or extra functionality, but it can also be a…

The aesthetic here means the behind the scenes of architectures/styles, where architects keep in mind the Testability and Adaptability of…

The main target of architects is to make a change or a decision about the system, so some architects rarely deal with code or deep…

Architecture of systems vary depending on the architectural model/style. each style has a different way to describe it's architecture, in…

Architecture in agile is a little different, you are implementing as you figure out the desired architecture in smaller cycles. which…

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A physical result of a development process, for example: in a game, artifacts include things like an executable to run the game, an…

​It is difficult to capture the complete behavior of a system with a single perspective, ​when looking at whether the software…

The Customer's perspective in the mind a software architect is of what the client needs and what they want from the business.

The system takes data in a certain form and process it through multiple stages, though not as described as a service based architecture…

When creating a deployment diagram, it is important to use the correct notation for various elements: - Artifacts: these are created as…

This view describes The Hierarchical Software Structure and considers elements such as: - Programming Languages - libraries - Toolsets It…

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When the architect looks from the engineering team's perspective, they are looking at: - Expectations of work - The needs to achieve a…

The environment or target for development can be very specific, involving certain hardware devices, or general, involving supported…

After identifying what parts of the system do, it is easier to add new features or fix potential failures

At a high level Architectures are described by: - Identity Boxes: Things being done. - Lines: Interactions between the way things are…

Instance-level diagrams are much more specific, they map specific artifacts to specific deployment targets, in particular, instance level…

Multiple perspectives are necessary to capture the complete behavior and development of a software system.

t--- # Note This view focuses on the Functional requirements of the system, usually involving the objects of the system, from these object…

The Player.class file manifists the player component, the encapsulated unit that contains all the functionality of a player.

To access this remote database, the mobile app sends an HTTP request to the remote server that matches the remote server’s provided…

Hardware device are displayed in the same way as nodes with a device tag to differentiate it from other types of nodes.

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Packages are simply depicted as a tabbed folder with an empty package (with no elements) having it's name in the center.

This view handles how elements in the logical, process, and development views must be mapped to different nodes or hardware for running…

This scenario will show how the Kruchten's 4 + 1 Model Views apply on a real world project, we want to add a wishlist feature to an…

This view focuses on achieving the non-functional requirements, these are the requirements that specify the desired qualities of the…

A provided interface is used to show that a component offers an interface for others (clients and consumers) to interact with it, a…

A well designed system provides some benefits: - Easier maintenance - Ability to be reused in the future - Adapting to future changes

This is an example of a relationship between two nodes, or communication path, which denotes a particular communication protocol between…

Relevant libraries are all the third-party libraries and implementations along with your implementations, they must be identified and…

A required interface shows that a component expects a certain interface provided by another component to achieve it's goals, the required…

Scenarios are made with a script that describes the sequence of interactions between objects and processes, this involves the: - Key…

The system is viewed as a collection of interacting services/parts that achieve what you want the application to do.

Specification-level diagrams give an overview of artifacts and deployment targets, without referencing specific details like machine names.

People who are interested in the system and either use it or benefit from it.

Who are the Stakeholders of Software Architecture and how they benefit from it:

these are used to visualize concurrent activities happening in parallel, for example; audio playing alongside the game. that is a fork in…

Architects keep a lot in their minds, so being able to operate at different levels of abstractions is a necessary skill.

Architects ask themselves "If my system is going to run for a long time, do i risk using and/or training my developers on a technology…

In a video game you follow a sequence of levels to reach a goal, moving between levels with each level serving a specific purpose.

UML component diagrams are a static view of a system depicting it's design at a specific time of it's development and/or evolution.

Software releases are more than just lines of code bundled together, it involves separate parts like: - Libraries - Executables…

In Object Oriented Software you define interacting classes and sometimes they are related, In video games you have several classes for…