Architecture description

Architecture description - is a set of documents which describes architecture in a way stakeholders understand that architecture has met his requirements. Although it is true that every system has an architecture, it is unfortunately not true that every system has an AD. Models: - the functional structure - software layering - concurrency - intercomponent communication - physical deployment environment

References

1. Software System Architecture Nick Rozanski, Edin Woods (software-systems-architecture-rozanski-woods), page 22