Attribute-driven design (ADD)
Attribute-driven design (ADD) is one of the systematic approaches for designing software architectures. It is an iterative, organized, step-by-step method that can be followed during architectural design iterations.
This method pays particular attention to software quality attributes during the design process. As a result, one of the primary benefits of using ADD is that you begin to consider quality attributes early in the design process.
Enabling a quality attribute in a software architecture design may affect other quality attributes. Consequently, trade-offs between quality attributes may be necessary. By focusing on quality attributes using the ADD method, these types of trade-offs can be considered at an early stage during the process.
The ADD process is specifically focused on architecture design and, as such, doesn't cover the entire architectural life cycle. The process doesn't include the gathering of architectural drivers, documenting the architecture...
