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architectural model comparison table

Subject	use	write for	expressed as	have purpose	define	be	give	create at	contain	is a subtopic of	assist with	show	is a kind of
first draft of architectural model	to communicate with customers	a particular audience	several different views such as The logical breakdown into subsystems, often shown using package diagrams The dynamics of the interaction among components at run time, expressed using interaction or activity diagrams The data that will be shared among the subsystems, expressed using class diagrams The components that will exist at run time, and the machines or devices on which they will be located, expressed using component and deployment diagrams	To enable everyone to better understand the system To allow people to work on individual pieces of the system in isolation To prepare for extension of the system To facilitate reuse and reusability	the terms that people use when they communicate with each other about lower-level details	generic to ensure reusability	use case modellers guidance about the steps the user will need to perform	the same time as the central use cases	information about the interfaces and dynamic interactions among the subsystems	9.4 - Software Architecture	integrating the work of individual people to form the final system planning and co-ordination of the work of developing a complex software system which is distributed among a large number of people planning the evolution of the system, such as subsystems that are envisioned to be part of a future release	each system component, encouraging reuse	architectural model

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