Genetibase Software Development Services - System Tradeoff Analysis
Genetibase, Inc. employs the SEI’s Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method® (ATAM®). This is the leading method in the area of software architecture evaluation. An evaluation using the ATAM method typically results in:
• Clarified quality attribute requirements
• Improved architecture documentation
• Documented basis for architectural decisions
• Identified risks early in the life-cycle
• Increased communication among stakeholders
Business drivers and the software architecture are elicited from project decision-makers. These are refined into scenarios and the architectural decisions made in support of each one. Analysis of scenarios and decisions results in identification of risks, non-risks, sensitivity points, and tradeoff points in the architecture. Risks are synthesized into a set of risk themes, showing how each one threatens a business driver.
The most important results are improved architectures. The output of an ATAM is an out-brief presentation and/or a written report that includes the major findings of the evaluation. These are typically:
• The architectural styles identified
• A “utility tree” - a hierarchic model of the driving architectural requirements
• The set of scenarios generated and the subset that were mapped onto the architecture
• A set of quality-attribute specific questions that were applied to the architecture and the responses to these questions
• A set of identified risks
• A set of identified non-risks
