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- Acknowledgements
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An extensive and annotate list of references (books, articles, links) regarding software architecture (and development).
These sources are used within the iSAQB foundation and advanced curricula.
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An extensive and annotate list of references (books, articles, links) regarding software architecture (and development).
These sources are used within the iSAQB foundation and advanced curricula.
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An extensive and annotate list of references (books, articles, links) regarding software architecture (and development).
You find curated references to books, articles and other sources that members of the iSAQB identified as useful for software architecture.
These references are used in the foundation and numerous advanced level curricula.
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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.
Peter Hruschka
Dr. Peter Hruschka is co-founder and enthusiastic user of the (open source) req42 documentation template for requirements communication and documentation, as well as co-founder of the corresponding arc42 template for software and systems architects.
He is also a founding member of the International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB e.V.) and helped creating foundation and advanced level curricula for the certification of Business Analysts and Requiremetns Engineers worldwide.
Peter is a principal of the Atlantic Systems Guild, an international think tank that has influenced the systematic development of IT systems through numerous publications and presentations.
He lives betweeen Aachen, Germany and his holiday home in Austria with his wife Monika. When not working, he can usually be found in the most beautiful parts of the world, trying to hit little white balls into holes that are way too far away and way too small.
E-mail: peter@systemsguild.com or hruschka@b-agile.de
Carola Lilienthal
Andreas Rausch
Markus Harrer
Markus is a software engineer who’s passionate about improving the way we do software development. He specializes in the analysis of software data such as source code, application performance data or version control repositories to show the underlying problems of the symptoms we face on the surface.
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