Assignment: Computer Systems Architecture
Task 1: Primary Task Response
Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:
Use the library and Internet to research architectural styles and frameworks that are used in software development, and complete the following:
• From your research, select an architectural style that is used in a real-world system.
• Describe the real-world system and the architectural style.
• Justify why this architectural style is well-suited for the selected real-world system.
TASK 2: MAIN PROJECT
HOW TO SELECT PROJECT
Select an organization as the target for your Software Architecture Strategy document. This organization will be used as the basis for each of the assignments throughout the course and should conform to the following guidelines:
• Nontrivial: The organization should be large enough and sufficiently involved in software design and development to allow reasonable exercise of the software architecture strategy research and documentation process.
o The organization can be fictional if necessary, and appropriate assumptions may be made.
o The organization does not have to be in the software design or development business, but must have reasonable levels of software design and development activity for either internal or for external clients.
• Domain knowledge: You should be familiar enough with the organization to allow you to focus on the project's tasks without investing significant time in domain education.
• Accessibility: You should have access to the people and other information related to the project because this will be an important part of the process.
Select an organization that meets the requirements, and submit your proposal to your instructor before proceeding further with the assignments in the course. Approval should be sought within the first several days of the course. Your instructor will tell you how to submit this proposal and what notification will be given for project approval.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.