What is IEEE 1471?
¨ History
¨ The IEEE 1471 framework: terms and concepts
¨ Requirements on Architectural Descriptions
¨ Applications of IEEE 1471
¨ Current Work and More Information
The IEEE Computer Society has developed
IEEE-Std-1471-2000, Recommended Practice for
Architectural Description of Software-Intensive Systems has
been developed
¨ IEEE 1471 is a recommended practice
– A “recommended practice” is one kind of IEEE
standard
– A using organization must decide whether to, and
how to, employ IEEE 1471
¨ IEEE 1471 applies to Architectural Descriptions
– Architectural Descriptions can be conformant
– Systems, projects, processes or organizations cannot