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Benefits of scenario-based software architecture evaluation such as ATAM are widely recognized. However, full-scale software architecture evaluation is resource and time consuming. In this paper we propose a technique to facilitate the creation of scenarios in a particular domain using a conceptual model especially targeted for architecture evaluation. The technique supports the finding of general, system-independent scenarios and the use of general scenarios in new evaluations. If the model is annotated with a (domain-specific) pattern language, the approach also supports the identification of solutions and the analysis of the architecture. The potential benefits of the technique in terms of semi-automatically produced scenarios are analyzed in the context of an industrial architecture evaluation.
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Eloranta, VP., Koskimies, K. (2010). Using Domain Knowledge to Boost Software Architecture Evaluation. In: Babar, M.A., Gorton, I. (eds) Software Architecture. ECSA 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6285. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15114-9_24
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