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The building block method. Component-based architectural design for large
software-intensive product families
Müller, J.K.
Publication date
2003
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Müller, J. K. (2003). The building block method. Component-based architectural design for
large software-intensive product families.
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Abstract t i i
Abstract t
Onee of the critical issues in developing large software-intensive systems is to alloww for easy evolution and extension of these systems. For this purpose, the developmentt of a software architecture that supports evolution and extension of thee software is of crucial importance. The software architecture describes the decompositionn of the software into parts that should be manageable and under-standable,, and should localise change. To serve a broad range of customers, productss are often not developed as single systems but as a family of similar productss that share a common base.
Thiss thesis presents a component-based architectural design method for large software-intensivee product families. The so-called Building Block Method (BBM)) focuses on the identification and design of Building Blocks. Building Blockss are software components that can be independently developed and deployed. .
Thee BBM takes descriptions of application domain functionality, commercial productt features, system qualities and technology choices as input and produces aa number of architectural models and construction elements.
Thee identification and specification of Building Blocks are based on three designn dimensions, namely object design, aspect design, and concurrency design.. Object design is the transformation of application domain objects in sev-erall steps into programming language objects. Aspect design is a means for achievingg system qualities. Concurrency design maps objects and aspects to computingg resources.
Relationss between Building Blocks are such that a system can be integrated andd tested incrementally. A specific product is configured from a subset of all the Buildingg Blocks that make up the family.
Thee BBM is described in the form of a core method and a method specialisa-tionn for centrally controlled distributed embedded systems. The specialised methodd has been applied to the development of telecommunication and medical imagingg systems.
