Software architecture design of software developed in student engineering teams

Abstract

This paper presents the process of architecture design of the software, intended for development in student engineering teams. Software architecture is a primary driver of software quality. Considering the fact, that students with little experience are working on software, that is intended for real-world usage in the educational institution, it is required to define a deliberate process of software architecture design. The process, developed as the result of the performed research, defines the main stages in architecture design, describes the set of related documentation, and preferable ways of decision-making and validation.