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SDA-Lecture 4+1 Model View

The document describes the 4+1 view model of software architecture. The 4+1 view model uses four primary views (logical, development, process, physical) plus one additional view of use cases/scenarios to describe a software system from different stakeholder perspectives. Each view addresses specific concerns and can be depicted using different modeling notations like UML diagrams. The logical view focuses on system functionality, the process view on runtime behavior, the development view on implementation, the physical view on system topology, and scenarios illustrate interactions. The 4+1 view model allows describing a system using multiple views to meet the needs of different stakeholders like end users, developers, and managers.

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SDA-Lecture 4+1 Model View

The document describes the 4+1 view model of software architecture. The 4+1 view model uses four primary views (logical, development, process, physical) plus one additional view of use cases/scenarios to describe a software system from different stakeholder perspectives. Each view addresses specific concerns and can be depicted using different modeling notations like UML diagrams. The logical view focuses on system functionality, the process view on runtime behavior, the development view on implementation, the physical view on system topology, and scenarios illustrate interactions. The 4+1 view model allows describing a system using multiple views to meet the needs of different stakeholders like end users, developers, and managers.

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Software Design & Architecture

4+1 View Model of Software Architecture

Dr. Nargis Fatima


Assistant Professor
Department of Software Engineering
National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad

Spring-2023
4+1 Model View of Architecture
• The 4+1 view model is used to describe the
architecture (design) of software-intensive
systems using several, concurrent views.
• End-users, developers, system engineers, and
project managers all have unique views on the
system, hence the viewpoints are used to
describe it from their perspectives.
4+1 View Model of Architecture

End user Development Programmers


Logical view & software
view
managers

Use Case/Scenarios

Process View Physical View

Integrator System Engineer


4+1 Model View of Architecture
• The system is described using different viewpoints.
• The model has four views:
– Logical
– Development
– Process
– Physical
– In addition, selected use cases or scenarios are utilized as the
‘plus one’ view to show the design.
– As a result, the model has 4+1 views. Therefore, the model is
called The 4+1 Architectural View.
4+1 Model Description
• Logical View
– The logical view is concerned with the
system’s functionality as it pertains to end-
users.
– Class diagrams and state diagrams are
examples of UML diagrams that are used to
depict the logical view.
4+1 Model Description
• Process View
– The process view focuses on the system’s run-
time behavior and deals with the system’s
dynamic elements.
– It explains the system processes and how they
communicate.
– The sequence diagram, activity diagram can be
used to describe a process view.
4+1 Model Description
• Development View
– The development view depicts a system from the
standpoint of a programmer and is concerned with
software administration.
– The implementation view is another name for this view.
– It describes system components using the UML
Component diagram. Package diagram used to depict
the development view.
4+1 Model Description
• Physical View
– The physical view portrays the system from the
perspective of a system engineer.
– The physical layer, it is concerned with the topology of
software components as well as the physical
connections between these components.
– The deployment view is another name for this view.
– The deployment diagram is used to depict the physical
perspective.
4+1 Model Description
• Scenarios
– The description of an architecture is illustrated using a small
set of usecases, or scenarios, which become a fifth view.
– The scenarios describe
• sequences of interactions between objects and between processes.
• They are used to identify architectural elements and to illustrate and
validate the architecture design.
• They also serve as a starting point for tests of an architecture
prototype.
– This view is also known as the use case view.
Why 4+1 Model

• Various stakeholders of software system

– End-user, developers, system engineers, project managers

– Using several concurrent views or perspectives, with different notations each one

addressing one specific set for concerns

•
The Iterative Process

• Not all software arch. Need all views.

• A scenario driven approach to develop the

system.

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