%0 Conference Paper %1 Kazman1998 %A Kazman, R. %A Klein, M. %A Barbacci, M. %A Longstaff, T. %A Lipson, H. %A Carriere, J. %B Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, 1998. ICECCS '98. Proceedings. Fourth IEEE International Conference on %D 1998 %K architecturetradeoffanalysismethod software-intensivesystems performance riskmitigation qualityattributes structuredtechnique softwarequality securityofdata %P 68--78 %R 10.1109/ICECCS.1998.706657 %T The architecture tradeoff analysis method %X This paper presents the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM), a structured technique for understanding the tradeoffs inherent in the architectures of software-intensive systems. This method was developed to provide a principled way to evaluate a software architecture's fitness with respect to multiple competing quality attributes: modifiability, security, performance, availability, and so forth. These attributes interact-improving one often comes at the price of worsening one or more of the others-as is shown in the paper, and the method helps us to reason about architectural decisions that affect quality attribute interactions. The ATAM is a spiral model of design: one of postulating candidate architectures followed by analysis and risk mitigation, leading to refined architectures %@ 1050-4729

@inproceedings{Kazman1998, abstract = {This paper presents the Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method {(ATAM),} a structured technique for understanding the tradeoffs inherent in the architectures of software-intensive systems. This method was developed to provide a principled way to evaluate a software architecture's fitness with respect to multiple competing quality attributes: modifiability, security, performance, availability, and so forth. These attributes interact-improving one often comes at the price of worsening one or more of the others-as is shown in the paper, and the method helps us to reason about architectural decisions that affect quality attribute interactions. The {ATAM} is a spiral model of design: one of postulating candidate architectures followed by analysis and risk mitigation, leading to refined architectures}, added-at = {2010-03-22T14:17:16.000+0100}, author = {Kazman, R. and Klein, M. and Barbacci, M. and Longstaff, T. and Lipson, H. and Carriere, J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/22791e6faba5e6e3659cb557ae9b2faf1/ramkumarrs}, booktitle = {Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, 1998. {ICECCS} '98. Proceedings. Fourth {IEEE} International Conference on}, doi = {10.1109/ICECCS.1998.706657}, interhash = {a03027787e032422e8471a21903f4f07}, intrahash = {2791e6faba5e6e3659cb557ae9b2faf1}, isbn = {1050-4729}, keywords = {architecturetradeoffanalysismethod software-intensivesystems performance riskmitigation qualityattributes structuredtechnique softwarequality securityofdata}, pages = {68--78}, timestamp = {2010-03-22T14:17:16.000+0100}, title = {The architecture tradeoff analysis method}, year = 1998 }