Title :
Learning from Failure, Part 2: Featuritis, Performitis, and Other Diseases
Author :
Buschmann, Frank
Author_Institution :
Siemens Corporate Technology
Abstract :
In the first part of this article, the author analyzed some common software architecture mistakes. In this article, the author discussed and explored the three mistakes that most architects know all too well. The author and his architect colleague Klaus Marquardt named these mistakes as if they were diseases: featuritis, flexibilitis, and performitis.
Keywords :
software architecture; software quality; common software architecture mistake; featuritis; flexibilitis; learning from failure; performitis; Diseases; Software architecture; architecture quality; feature coverage; flexibility; performance; walking skeletons;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE