Software Systems Architecture, 5 cr

Core content

• The students understands what constitutes a software system that can span multiple nodes, different networks, several enterprises and/or business networks
• The student knows design aspects of large scale software architecture
• The student knows methods for description of architectures
• The student knows requirements and concepts related to architectural design.
• The student understands non-functional requirements on design decisions
• The student knows architectural styles and standard solutions related to software systems architectures
• The student understands assessment methods of architectures and how they can be applied

Complementary knowledge

• Architecture modelling
• Distributed architectures.
  
• Frame architectures
  
• Product and software platforms
• Version management on large software.

Specialist knowledge

• ATAM and DCAR methods