Making Architecture Reviews Work in the Real World

  • Authors:
  • Rick Kazman;Len Bass

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Software
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

This article explores the non-technical aspects of formal architecture reviews-social, psychological, and managerial. Architecture reviews differ from other technical reviews because of their close relationship to a system's business goals, so they need to be approached differently. The authors draw lessons from their experiences in reviewing and evaluating software and system architectures in a wide variety of application domains. They discuss the issues architects face when running such reviews, common pitfalls to avoid, and ways of increasing an organization's chances of a successful review.