SFWRENG 3A04

Software Design III – Large System Design

Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · Software Design III · C01

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Etext Software Architecture And Design Illuminated 6 Month Access
Qian · Required
ISBN 9781284115925

Winter 2026 · Software Design III - Large System Design · T03

1 Introduction to Software Architecture
2 Software requirements and its role in determining the architecture design
3 Software Architecture Design Space (Types of Software Structures, Software Elements, Software Connectors)
4 Models for Software Architecture (Architecture View Models, Architectural Description Languages (ADL))
5 Data Centered Software Architecture (Repository Architecture Style, Blackboard Architecture Style)
Midterm Break
6 Data Flow Architecture (Batch Sequential, Pipe & Filter Architecture, Process-Control Architecture)
7 Hierarchy Architecture (Main/Subroutine Software Architecture, Master/Slaves Software Architecture, Layered Architecture, Virtual Machine)
8 Interaction Oriented Software Architecture (Model-View-Controller, Presentation-Abstraction-Control (PAC) Architecture)
9 Distributed Architecture (Client/Server, Multi-tier, Service-Oriented Architecture, Enterprise Service Bus)
10 Heterogeneous Architecture (Methodology of Architecture Decision, Quality Attributes, Selection of Architecture Styles, Evaluation of Architecture Designs, Case Study: an Online Computer Vendor Component)
11 Product Lines and Variants

Software Architecture and Design Illuminated
Kai Qian, Xiang Fu, Lixin Tao, Chong-wei Xu, and Jorge Diaz-Herrera · Required
Jones and Bartlett Publishers · ISBN 9780763754204
Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 12
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