CpSc 881 - Project 1 - Real-time Embedded Software

Phase 4 – Architecture Evaluation

The Architecture TradeOff Analysis Method (ATAM) is a technique by which the decisions made during architecture definition are evaluated. They are evaluated in terms of the degree to which the resulting architecture achieves the required qualities. The results of the ATAM are used to guide the next iteration of architecture definition.

Activities

• Contract with another group to perform an evaluation of their architecture model
• Return to the results of identifying quality attributes and the accompanying scenarios.
• Update the scenarios given the additional insight into the system that you have gained.
• Apply the test cases to the model
• Write an evaluation report detailing your results

Evaluation Criteria

• Completeness of the coverage of the architecture by the evaluation scenarios

 Credit

• Worth 3 points

Due

• Monday, February 25^th by noon (that is 12pm, not 12:30 or 1pm) in the Computer Science office

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