Making decisions To make each design decision, the software engineer uses Knowledge of -the requirements -the design as created so far -the technology available software design principles and best practices what has worked well in the past www.oseng.com O Lethbridge/Laganiere 2001 Chapter 9: Architecting and designing software 4© Lethbridge/Laganière 2001 Chapter 9: Architecting and designing software 4 Making decisions To make each design decision, the software engineer uses: • Knowledge of —the requirements —the design as created so far —the technology available —software design principles and ‘best practices’ —what has worked well in the past