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  • Module 6: Architectural design

    The material for this module consists of one video, one textbook chapter, one article, two podcasts, and as usual a quiz and a written assignment. 

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      Module 6 lecture video (28 min) Sida
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      Module 6 lecture audio (28 min, mp3) URL
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      Module 6 lecture slides Fil
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      Reading 1: Sommerville, Ch 6: Architectural Design Fil PDF

      Sommerville, I., 2016. Software engineering, Tenth edition, global edition. Pearson, Boston, MA, USA.

      This file is provided as a convenience to students - please do not distribute. The official ebook can be accessed through lib.aalto.fi

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      Reading 2: Agility and Architecture - Can They Coexist? Fil

      Abrahamsson, P., Babar, M.A., and Kruchten, P. (2010). 'Agility and Architecture: Can They Coexist?'. IEEE Software, 27 (2), pp.16-22.

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      Podcast: Software Architecture Basics (26 min) Fil

      An interview with Professor Tomi Männistö about the basics of software architecture

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      Podcast: Software Architecture in IID and Agile Software Development (29 min) Fil

      An interview with Professor Philippe Kruchten about Software Architecture in Iterative and Incremental and Agile Development (29 min).

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      Module 6 quiz Kunskapstest

      Quiz on Architecture 

      Do not take this quiz until you have studied the readings AND listened to the podcast.

      The quiz is timed, and you have 30 minutes to do it. 

      You are allowed two attempts. You will get the grade of your best attempt. You will be shown the correct answers to the questions only after the quiz is closed. 

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      Essay: Software architecture Workshop

      Write a 700-word essay discussion on the role and importance of software architecture in agile development. Discuss the idea of architecture as an emergent versus planned property of a system, when, how, and by whom architecture should be planned. 

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      Proxy: Do peer assessment for Module 5 Sida
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      Module 6 grading discussion Forum
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      Optional reading: The 4+1 model for software architecture Fil PDF

      Kruchten, P.B. “The 4+1 View Model of Architecture.” IEEE Software 12, no. 6 (November 1995): 42–50. https://doi.org/10.1109/52.469759.


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