Provided by:
Advances in Computer Science : an International Journal (ACSIJ)
Topic:
Enterprise Software
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In this paper, the authors propose a set of techniques and practices to leverage the agile approach to software architecture-increasing overall quality, streamlining development practices and providing business value as a constant flow. The paper describes issues that are related to component API design and behavior-driven design, continuous measurement of complexity, automated quality-attribute evaluation and design rationale recording. The reader should take away from the paper several techniques to research and try, a basic development life cycle, and some leads for further investigation.