Visualise, document and explore your software architecture by Simon Brown

Author:Simon Brown [Simon Brown]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: leanpub.com
Published: 2015-08-30T00:00:00+00:00

Common vocabulary

A big problem I’ve found in the real-world with many of these existing approaches is that it starts to get confusing very quickly if the whole team isn’t versed in the terminology used. For example, I’ve heard people argue about what the difference between a “conceptual view” and a “logical view” is. And let’s not even start asking questions about whether technology is permitted in a logical view. Perspective is important too. If I’m a software developer, is the “development view” about the code, or is that the “implementation view”? But what about the “physical view”? Code is the physical output, after all. But then “physical view” means something different to infrastructure architects. But what if the target deployment environment is virtual rather than physical?

A common theme throughout this book has been about creating a shared vocabulary, and the same applies when you’re considering which other diagrams to draw. One way to resolve the terminology issue is to ensure that everybody on the team can point to a clear definition of what the various diagram types or architectural views are. Just be aware that different software architecture books often use different names to describe the same architectural view. This one included, of course.

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