Chapter 1

Managing Trade-Offs in Adaptable Software Architectures

B. Schmerl*; R. Kazman*^,†; N. Ali^‡; J. Grundy^§; I. Mistrik^¶    * Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States^† University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States^‡ University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom^§ Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia^¶ Independent Software Researcher, Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract

Making trade-offs in architecture is a fundamental activity in software design. As software is required to operate continuously in changing and uncertain environments, adaptability needs to be considered as a key issue, along with other more traditional software qualities. In this chapter, we introduce the concept of managing trade-offs in adaptable ...