Module 9: Quality Attributes
This module explores quality attributes in more depth. Several different quality attributes are examined in terms of the three viewtypes learnt in preceding modules.Required readings
- "Quality Attributes." Chapter 8 of A Software Architecture Primer, by John Reekie and Rohan McAdam.
Supplementary readings
- Len Bass, Paul Clements, and Rick Kazman, with Felix Bachmann, Mark Klein, and Bill Wood. ``Achieving Qualities,'' Chapter 5 of Software
Architecture in Practice, 2nd Edition, pp 99--127. Addison-Wesley, 2003.
(Describes one approach to achieving desired quality attributes, using the concept of ``tactics.'') - William Stalling, ``Firewalls,'' in Network Security Essentials -- Applications and Standards, pp 343--362.
(An accessible introduction to firewalls and other network security devices.)
Slides and exercises
- Lecture slides :: powerpoint :: pdf
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