Workshop: Software Architecture design process

• What will be my role and what will be expected of me as an architect?
• Why architecture for a product if you can go to code right away?
• How to start developing architecture, what standards, methods and practices exist?
• What should be included in the architectural documentation?
• How to properly justify my chosen components, technologies and approaches?

Then this workshop is for you.

In the workshop you will be able to gain knowledge in the field of software architecture development; structure the already acquired knowledge; see where architecture begins, what approaches, standards and practices exist; gain practical skills from defining business goals of products and architectural drivers to developing architecture and architectural documentation.

General Information

Number of participants: 50.

The workshop will start at 10:00 EEST and will be held online in Russian in Zoom. Please install Zoom on your device. You won't need to pre-install special software before the course.

Required knowledges:

• Experience on software development or architecture;
• Basic knowledge on architecture patterns (e.g. microservices, SOA);
• Basic knowledge on UML;

Level of audience

This workshop is for:

• software developers who want to understand software architecture design methods and principles;
• architects who want to find new approaches and structure their knowledge;
• Business and system analytics;
• DevOps;
• anyone who wants to know what software architecture development is.

Program

Day 1 (Theoretical)

Workshop Introduction

Section 1 — Software Architecture Fundamentals

First look into Software Architecture;

What is Software Architecture and why it’s important?

System and Software Engineering - Architecture description - ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010;

Architect roles & responsibilities;

Architecture development lifecycle fundamentals;

Q&A session.

Break

Section 2 — Analysis of Architectural Requirements

Architectural Drivers overview;

Quality Attributes;

Q&A session.

Break

Section 3 — Architectural Design

Architectural Design concepts;

Reference Architectures;

Deployment Patterns;

Architecture Patterns/Styles;

Architecture Tactics;

Q&A session.

Break

Section 4 — Creation of Architectural Documentation

Architecture Documentation fundamentals;

UML;

SEI Views & Beyond;

Kruchten’s 4+1 View Model;

C4 model;

ADR’s;

Architecture documents templates;

Q&A session.

Section 5 — Architectural Evaluation & Implementation

Architecture Evaluation reusable methods (e.g. ATAM, CMMI, Cloud solution evaluation tools);

Architectural Implementation;

Architecture frameworks & reusable methods (e.g. TOGAF, ADD);

Q&A session.

Break

Section 6 — Summary

What we learned;

Architect’s skill set & toolset;

Resources for Practice (Architectural Katas);

Learning materials;

Q&A session.

Day 2 (Practicum)

Workshop Introduction

Section 1 — Architectural Drivers clarification.

Common goal: to define architectural drivers for software architecture design (e.g. Stakeholders overview, Business Goals, Quality Attribute Scenarios, Constraints, Architectural Concerns)

Q&A session.

Break

Section 2 — Architectural Design and Views creation

Common goal: to create architectural decisions and common diagrams

Q&A session

Break

Section 3 — Architectural Documentations

Common goal: get acquainted with structure of architectural documentation and views templates.

Summary and Q&A session.