Software Architecture

Software Quality Attributes, Non-Functional Requirements and Better Software Architecture

6 min readJan 2, 2019

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When designing software architecture for a new product, it is often difficult to evaluate available design options and choose the optimal one. That often happens because it is unclear for the developers what…

Andrei Gridnev

Written by Andrei Gridnev

Software engineer, manager since 2002. Engineering management, leadership, software architecture, high-performing teams, professional growth.

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