Chapter 8. Documenting an Architecture

• Document a given system architecture by creating UML diagrams for it.

• Create a logical and physical model of a system infrastructure architecture.

Introduction

There are many ways to communicate the architecture to the development team. The de-facto industry standard is a set of UML diagrams. We will explain the different UML diagrams that can be used to communicate the architecture and discuss when it is appropriate to use each diagram. Remember that the key focus of an architect is to communicate the architecture to the developers.

This chapter will introduce material that is relevant to the assignment portion of the exam. There are no multiple choice questions in this chapter. ...

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