Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM) — Roadmap Step & Resourc…
A structured method for evaluating an architecture against multiple competing quality attributes
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: System Architecture
Before this step
Mini projects
- Run a lightweight ATAM-style trade-off analysis on a proposed architecture with two stakeholder groups
Interview questions
- What is a 'sensitivity point' and a 'trade-off point' in ATAM terminology?
Study resources
- Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM) (Article) — The Software Engineering Institute's official page on ATAM, the method they created.
- ATAM Explained (Video) — A practical explanation of evaluating an architecture against competing quality attributes.
Part of
- Architecture Governance & Trade-off Analysis — section
- System Architecture roadmap — the full learning path