The Need for Incremental Software Architecture
Michael Mayerfeld Bell · 2016
This introductory chapter focuses on a new approach to enterprise software design, development, and integration - Incremental Software Architecture. The design phase of enterprise applications and infrastructure integration calls for the delivery of an end-state architecture. Traditional approaches to describe software and its environment have been employed for years. One method is software modeling, used to depict a system or an application from different perspectives. Another view may identify the various components of an application. Other perspectives focus on physical, logical, and process aspects of a system. Software simulation may shed light upon the capabilities of a system and its environment to meet performance and stability requirements. A platform for change is a powerful stage for those whose mission calls for organizational changes. A platform for change could be an open forum, perhaps gatherings or informal meetings, during which new ideas are voiced to promote technological endeavors or business objectives.