Beyond Software Architecture ─ Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions

Describing the interplay between business needs and software-architecture decisions, this guide advises business managers on their software decisions. Chapters cover software architecture, product development, markettecture and tarchitecture, business and license model symbiosis, technology-in-licensing, portability, deployment architecture, integration and extension, brand elements, usability, installation, configuration, release management, and security. Hohmann is a consultant. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Luke Hohmann is an independent consultant committed to coaching his clients to greater levels of performance in the areas of product management, software development, and organizational effectiveness. He has worked in and lead development, product marketing/management, quality assurance, support, and business development functions in both public and private companies. He has created software ranging from single-user programs costing less than $50 to distributed, enterprise-class software platforms costing multiple millions of dollars. Mr. Hohmann is the author of Journey of the Software Professional: A Sociology of Software Development (Prentice Hall, 1997), as well as numerous articles on software development.

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