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An organization is architecturally competent if it has the ability to acquire, use and sustain the skills and knowledge necessary to carry out architecture-related practices that lead to systems that serve the organization's business goals. This paper presents some principles of architecture competence, based on four models that aid in explaining, measuring, and improving the architecture competence of an individual or an organization with respect to these principles, The principles are based on a set of fundamental beliefs about software architecture. .

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Despite advances in clarifying high-level design needs, analyzing a systemS ability to meet desired quality criteria is still diff icuk. The authors propose using scenarios to make analysis more straightforward. In their case study report, they analyze lessons learned with this approaclh.