Capturing and using quality attributes knowledge in software architecture evaluation process

Architectural knowledge management approaches have paid little attention to manage knowledge about quality attributes, which are the key considerations for designing and evaluating software architecture. In this work we identify the kinds of information that needs to be captured about quality attributes with special focus on architectural design decisions. We also describe how a tool can help to capture and reuse quality attributes knowledge to improve the software architecture process.Muhammad Ali Babar, Rafael Capill