Architecture assessments
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Describes a concrete architecture assessment workflow combining SEI ATAM and a Quality Attribute Workshop: how to prepare, collect business drivers and non‑functional requirements, and run quantitative tests (load, stress, chaos) using tools such as Structure101, JMeter/Gatling/Locust/k6 alongside monitoring/APM and security scans. Explains analyzing trade‑offs, writing a report with mitigations and a roadmap, and producing measurable outcomes (e.g., performance tests that found a cron spike causing two daily outages), plus using fitness functions and prototypes to validate recommended fixes.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:57Preparing assessment
- 8:19Analysis method
- 15:50Decision visualization
- 21:49External architecture comparison
- 27:30Analysis tools
- 31:10Social network case
- 36:35Methodologies Q&A
- 40:55Storing knowledge
- 44:05Architect's role
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