Abstract

LOSAVIO DE ORDAZ, Francisca  and  GUILLEN-DRIJA, Christian. Conceptual Framework for Architectural Design Based on Quality Aspects. SAPIENS [online]. 2006, vol.7, n.2, pp.119-138. ISSN 1317-5815.

Current methods of architectural design agree on the importance of quality to direct the selection of architectural solutions. However, there is not agreement yet on precise methods that could be used in the common practice. At present there are different proposals of methods of architectural design (Grünbacher, Egyed and Medvidovic, 2003) (Lamsweerde, 2003) (Losavio, Chirinos, Lévy, Ramdane-Cherif, 2003), (Chung, Cooper and Yi, 2003), (Losavio, Chirinos and Pérez, 2001), (Bosch, 2000) based on concepts either equivalent, complementary or alternative. Inspired by those methods, this paper aims to define a conceptual frame of reference or framework which contemplates a general process of architectural design focused on the quality properties demanded by functional and non functional requirements. This framework constitutes a unified structure that will allow to specify the different elements of the process of the architectural design, which is the main contribution of this paperwork.

Keywords : Software; Architectural Design Methods; Software Quality.