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Category Archives: Architecture

Using nonfunctional requirements to build better software

Understanding nonfunctional requirements — which some people call software quality attributes or nonbehavioral requirements — can make a big difference when you’re building software. But a lot of people have trouble taking a somewhat theoretical idea and applying it to a real-life project. Luckily, we’ve got an easy, practical technique to use nonfunctional requirements on [...]

What makes architecture “better”?

I’ve got some news! Jenny and I are going to be doing our Beautiful Teams talk at the upcoming IT Architect Regional Conference. We spoke at last year’s ITARC, and I was really impressed with the quality of their speakers. There were some really good insights into software architecture. It’s a great group, and I [...]