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Chapter 14Activities to Understand the Problem

In the understand mindset we actively seek information from stakeholders and work to define (or redefine) the problem. Understanding is more than just specifying requirements. We also need to figure out who our stakeholders are, identify business goals for the system, and ensure requirements specified with an eye toward the architecture.

As you’ll recall from Chapter 5, Dig for Architecturally Significant Requirements, there are four kinds of architecturally significant requirements. All of these requirements will influence the architecture, but quality attributes are the most influential and ...

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