While the ABC is the primary theme of the book, other conceptual threads run through it. A reader interested in pursuing a particular aspect of architecture may wish to concentrate on the chapters that carry one or more of the following threads:
Where do architectures come from?? Chapters 1, 2, 4, 7, 11 and 12
Business issues? Chapters 1, 4, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 18
How qualities derive from architectures? Chapters 4, 5, 11 and 12 and the case studies
Case studies of qualities deriving from architecture? Chapters 3, 6, 8, 13, 15, 16 and 17
Architecture as a re-usable asset? Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
Component-based systems and commercial infrastructures? Chapters 13, 16, 17 and 18
Architectures for real-time systems? Chapters 3, 5, 6, 8 and 15
Architectures for information systems? Chapters 13, 16, 17 and 18
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