Software Architectures

Manfred Nagl is Professor Emeritus at RWTH Aachen, where he held the Chair of Software Engineering. He has published more than 25 books and numerous journal and conference papers, and has supervised more than 45 PhD projects. He was the leader of important projects (IPSEN, SUKITS, IMPROVE) and held various positions on a science policy level.Bernhard Westfechtel is a Full Professor for software engineering at the University of Bayreuth. His current research interests include graph transformations, model-driven engineering, software product line engineering, and software configuration management.

“This book is not only relevant for software architects, but for all software engineers. It can also give new ideas for simplification and collaboration to engineers from other disciplines. It might even become the basis for a collaboration between disciplines when creating mechatronical systems and wherever software engineers, electrical engineers and mechanical engineers work together.” (Andrea Herrmann, Softwaretechnik-Trends, Vol. 44 (2), May, 2024)

• Part 1 Importance of Software Architectures.- 1 The Architecture is the Center of the Software Development Process.- 2 An Integrative Language Approach for Software Architectures.- 3 Sequences of Software Architectures from Abstract to Details.- Part 2 Important Topics on Architecture Level.- 4 Embedded Systems: Simple Rules to Improve Adaptability.- 5 Architectural Styles: Do they Need Different Notations?.- 6 Process Interaction Diagrams are more than Chains or Transport Networks.- 7 Characterization of Shallow and Deep Reuse.- 8 The Software Architecture is the Glue to Deal with Variety and Integration.- 9 Reverse and Reengineering for Old Systems is seldom Complete.- Part 3 Relations to Surrounding Activities.- 10 Process and Model Transformations on Different Levels.- 11 The Transformation from Requirements to Architectures is not Automatic.- 12 Software Architectures and Programming in the Small.- 13 Project Management and Architectures.- 14 Quality Assurance and DocumentationRelated to Architectures.- Part 4 Summaries, Conclusions, Open Problems, Index.- 15 Summary, Lesssons Learned, Messages, Open Problems.