The 2nd updated and revised edition of “Software Architecture Fundamentals” written by Mahbouba Gharbi, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arne Koschel, Prof. Dr. Andreas Rausch and Holger Tiemeyer can now be pre-ordered. The new edition is available for pre-order in both the USA (available from May 29) and Europe (available from October 5).
About the book
- Prepare for the iSAQB Certified Professional for Software Architecture Foundation Level (CPSA‑F) exam
- Learn to design scalable system software architectures
- Walk through techniques for software architecture planning, documentation, and quality management
- 2nd edition, updated and revised
In this book, you’ll learn about:
1. Fundamentals of Software Architecture
Reinforce your understanding of key concepts, including software architecture design principles, techniques to develop scalable architectures, tools needed to describe designs to stakeholders, and methods for quality evaluation.
2. Core Exam Concepts
Thoroughly review each topic in the exam: basic concepts, architecture design and development, architecture communication, and quality analysis. Expand your knowledge with a bonus chapter about software architecture tools.
3. Expert Guidance
Learn directly from iSAQB experts who helped develop the curriculum for the Certified Professional for Software Architecture—Foundation Level exam.
Highlights include:
- iSAQB CPSA — Foundation Level exam
- Architecture design
- Development approaches
- Architectural patterns
- Templates
- Documentation
- Prototypes
- Quality management
- Deployment
- Modeling tools
- Static code analysis tools
- Code management
About the authors
Mahbouba Gharbi is the managing director and chief architect of ITech Progress GmbH. She has served as chairwoman of the International Software Architecture Qualification Board (iSAQB) for more than 15 years. She’s a dedicated software architecture enthusiast, the author of numerous technical articles, and a frequent speaker at international conferences.
Arne Koschel is a professor for distributed information systems at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover, Germany, and a board member of the iSAQB. He also works as a trainer and a consultant.
Andreas Rausch is the director of the Institute for Software and Systems Engineering at Technische Universität, Clausthal. He has been active in industrial practice as a consultant and as a lead software architect for large distributed software systems. He is chairman of the advisory board of the iSAQB.
Holger Tiemeyer is a former vice chairman of the iSAQB board. As a computer scientist who minored in psychology, he gives training courses about software architecture, as well as lectures at technical colleges. He is an author of technical articles and a speaker at international conferences.