Quality Attribute Design Primitives

December 2000 • Technical Note

Len Bass, Mark H. Klein, Felix Bachmann

This report addresses mechanisms that significantly affect quality attribute behavior and have sufficient content for analysis.

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Software Engineering Institute

CMU/SEI Report Number

CMU/SEI-2000-TN-017

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Software ArchitectureSoftware Architecture

Abstract

This report focuses on the quality attribute aspects of architectural mechanisms. An architectural mechanism is a structure whereby objects collaborate to provide some behavior that satisfies a requirement of the problem. This report addresses mechanisms that significantly affect quality attribute behavior and have sufficient content for analysis. Codifying such mechanisms will enable architects to identify the choices necessary to achieve quality attribute goals. This, in turn, will set a foundation for further software architectural design and analysis.

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Bass, Len; Klein, Mark; & Bachmann, Felix. Quality Attribute Design Primitives. CMU/SEI-2000-TN-017. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. 2000. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=5139

IEEE

Bass. Len, Klein. Mark, and Bachmann. Felix, "Quality Attribute Design Primitives," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2000-TN-017, 2000. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=5139

APA

Bass, Len., Klein, Mark., & Bachmann, Felix. (2000). Quality Attribute Design Primitives (CMU/SEI-2000-TN-017). Retrieved March 27, 2023, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=5139

CHI

Len Bass, Mark Klein, & Felix Bachmann. Quality Attribute Design Primitives (CMU/SEI-2000-TN-017). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2000. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=5139

MLA

Bass, Len., Klein, Mark., & Bachmann, Felix. 2000. Quality Attribute Design Primitives (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2000-TN-017). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=5139

BibTex

@techreport{BassQualityAttribute2000,
title={Quality Attribute Design Primitives},
author={Len Bass and Mark Klein and Felix Bachmann},
year={2000},
number={CMU/SEI-2000-TN-017},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
address={Pittsburgh, PA},
url={http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=5139} }

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