Introduction
- Personal Comments
- Terms Can Be Referenced
- License
- Acknowledgements
- Contributing
Glossary of Terms
Translations
- Translations English to German
- Translations German to English
An extensive glossary of software architecture (and development) terminology.
Explains the terms used and referenced in the iSAQB foundation and advanced level curricula.
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An extensive glossary of software architecture (and development) terminology.
Explains the terms used and referenced in the iSAQB foundation and advanced level curricula.
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An extensive glossary of software architecture (and development) terminology. Topics include:
Contains translations of terms to (and from) German - additional languages are planned for future releases.
Source of this book is maintained at Github. All content licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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About the Authors
Gernot Starke
Dr. Gernot Starke (INNOQ Fellow) is co-founder and longstanding user of the (open source) arc42 documentation template. For more than 20 years, he has been working as software-architect, coach and consultant, conquering the challenges of creating effective software architectures for clients from various industries.
Gernot co-founded the International Software Architecture Qualification Board (iSAQB e.V.) and the (open source) Architecture Improvement Method (https://aim42.org).
Gernot has authored several (German) books on software architecture and related topics.
Matthias Bohlen
Matthias Bohlen is a coach and trainer for software engineering, as well as software architect, IT consultant and expert for Lean/Kanban.
Matthias Bohlen has a unique way of explaining complicated things clearly and making them implementable in small steps. In his iSAQB-accredited courses, he mainly teaches domain-driven design (DDD), architecture documentation (ADOK) and architecture evaluation (AWERT).
Since 2001, he has been advising software development teams who want to release high-quality, reliable software on a regular basis without having to make a heroic effort. With software architectures that are better and easier to maintain, strategically designed teams can progress more courageously and effectively in the development. Domain-driven design provides an excellent foundation for architecture, work breakdown and team setup.
Matthias Bohlen has been a member of the International Software Architecture Qualification Board (iSAQB) since 2012 and is committed to qualification of software architects there. In addition, he regularly speaks at conferences and writes for specialist journals. He was a member of the editorial team of OBJEKTspektrum.
Michael Mahlberg
Michael Mahlberg runs his own method consultancy in germany and spends most of his time supporting clients in their quest for more effective ways to work. Mostly by applying lean and agile concepts.
Running his own computer and software related companies since he was 18, he quickly came to realize that software architecture and (develeopment) processes are in a way timeless aspects of the craft.
In the late eighties of the 20th century he started to incorporate these aspectts into his business activities and has worked on software architecture in large scale systems for industries as diverse as media, aerospace, insurance, public sector, telco etc.
Nowadays a lot of his work focuses on processes and human interactions – a field in wich he enganges both professionally as well as pro bono (for example he is one of the people who started and run the Limited WIP Society Cologne).
Michaels architectural work therefore tends to be dealing with the impact(s) and implications of architectural and process decisions _on each other_ and the relative optimization strategies.
Carola Lilienthal
Mahbouba Gharbi
Mahbouba Gharbi has been working for well-known companies as a consulting software architect in major IT projects since 1999 and has a wide range of experience in the design and the implementation of medium-size and large software systems. Mahbouba Gharbi’s professional portfolio includes software architecture, system development, expert’s reports and lectureship for both the private sector and public authorities. Moreover, she works for international universities as a lecturer and is board member of the International Software Architecture Qualification Board (iSAQB).
Besides her duties as the CEO of ITech Progress, Mahbouba Gharbi works as a consulting software architect and heads the International Software Architecture Qualification Board (iSAQB).
Ulrich Becker
Andreas Rausch
Roger Rhoades
Mirko Hillert
Sebastian Fichtner
Alexander Lorz
Benjamin Wolf
Benjamin Wolf (Senior Consultant at INNOQ) is a committer of arc42 and successfully used the arc42 documentation template in sundry consulting mandates.
Over the years, he developed various software in Java and .Net. It is part of his job to design architectures, develop code and refactor legacy code. Ben also focuses on software quality as well as on the communication and documentation of software architectures.
In 2013, Ben successfully passed the iSAQB e. V. CPSA examination at Foundation Level. He has been supporting the iSAQB workgroups "Advanced Level" and "Universities" since 2017.
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