--- product_id: 329780019 title: "Software Architecture in Practice (SEI Series in Software Engineering)" price: "NZ$177" currency: NZD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.nz/products/329780019-software-architecture-in-practice-sei-series-in-software-engineering store_origin: NZ region: New Zealand --- # Software Architecture in Practice (SEI Series in Software Engineering) **Price:** NZ$177 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Software Architecture in Practice (SEI Series in Software Engineering) - **How much does it cost?** NZ$177 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nz](https://www.desertcart.nz/products/329780019-software-architecture-in-practice-sei-series-in-software-engineering) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Definitive, Practical, Proven Guide to Architecting Modern Software--Fully Updated with New Content on Mobility, the Cloud, Energy Management, DevOps, Quantum Computing, and More Updated with eleven new chapters, Software Architecture in Practice, Fourth Edition , thoroughly explains what software architecture is, why it's important, and how to design, instantiate, analyze, evolve, and manage it in disciplined and effective ways. Three renowned software architects cover the entire lifecycle, presenting practical guidance, expert methods, and tested models for use in any project, no matter how complex. You'll learn how to use architecture to address accelerating growth in requirements, system size, and abstraction, and to manage emergent quality attributes as systems are dynamically combined in new ways. With insights for utilizing architecture to optimize key quality attributes--including performance, modifiability, security, availability, interoperability, testability, usability, deployability, and more--this guide explains how to manage and refine existing architectures, transform them to solve new problems, and build reusable architectures that become strategic business assets. Discover how architecture influences (and is influenced by) technical environments, project lifecycles, business profiles, and your own practices Leverage proven patterns, interfaces, and practices for optimizing quality through architecture Architect for mobility, the cloud, machine learning, and quantum computing Design for increasingly crucial attributes such as energy efficiency and safety Scale systems by discovering architecturally significant influences, using DevOps and deployment pipelines, and managing architecture debt Understand architecture's role in the organization, so you can deliver more value Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details. Review: Thorough, clear, very well thought through - I was very impressed with this book. It's underrated. I've read many software architecture books before that weren't practical. This one definitely is. He makes it easy to apply any parts of this you want to your projects. There's a lot here, so don't worry if you can't use all of it. Just pick the parts that make sense for your team. Review: High quality book. - Perfect state. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #529,267 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #107 in Software Design & Engineering #440 in Software Development (Books) #1,481 in Business Technology | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 122 Reviews | ## Images ![Software Architecture in Practice (SEI Series in Software Engineering) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81FcAOseqNL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thorough, clear, very well thought through *by K***R on June 19, 2023* I was very impressed with this book. It's underrated. I've read many software architecture books before that weren't practical. This one definitely is. He makes it easy to apply any parts of this you want to your projects. There's a lot here, so don't worry if you can't use all of it. Just pick the parts that make sense for your team. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ High quality book. *by F***A on October 9, 2025* Perfect state. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This classic book is more relevant than ever! *by J***O on December 22, 2021* As I finally have more time to read during this holiday season, a book on the top of my list is the 4th edition of Software Architecture in Practice. Yes, I am biased because I research software architectures, and I used the first edition of the book when I was a graduate student more than 20 years ago. When I started reading the latest edition, I was pleasantly surprised to spot my name in the book's acknowledgement section together with Phillip Laplante, CSDP, PE, MBA, PhD. I thank Rick Kazman for the credit! The 4th edition of Software Architecture in Practice is more relevant than ever due to the increasing need for a holistic view of our systems constantly evolving. I strongly recommend this book for all the software engineers out there, both seasoned and just beginning. I will undoubtedly read this book cover to cover fourth time again, and I am looking forward to reading the new sections added on virtualization, interfaces, mobility, and the cloud. ## Frequently Bought Together - Software Architecture in Practice (SEI Series in Software Engineering) - Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond - Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. 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