Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I. Introduction--What is software architecture?--Why is software architecture important?--Part II. Quality attributes--Understanding quality attributes--Availability--Deployability--Energy efficiency--Integrability--Modifiability--Performance--Safety--Security--Testability--Usability--Working with other quality attributes--Part III. Architectural solutions--Software interfaces--Virtualization--The Cloud and distributed computing--Mobile systems--Part IV. Scalable architecture practices--Architecturally significant requirements--Designing an architecture--Evaluating an architecture--Documenting an architecture--Managing architecture debt--Part V. Architecture and the organization--The role of architects in projects--Architecture competence--Part VI. Conclusions--A glimpse of the future: Quantum computing.

"Fully updated and with nine new chapters, this new edition thoroughly explains what software architecture is, why it's important, and how to design, instantiate, analyze, evolve, and manage an architecture in a disciplined and effective way. Three renowned software architects cover all important aspects of the architectural lifecycle, presenting ready-to-use guidance, authoritative methods, and tested models you can apply to any project, no matter how complex. Their practical, empirically-proven advice helps you master the complexities of: fathering architectural requirements; designing, documenting, and analyzing architectures; architecting for performance, modifiability, security, availability, interoperability, testability, usability, deployability, and other key quality attributes; managing and refining existing architectures, and transforming them to solve new problems and leverage new approaches"--