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Big in Japan

A Japanese translation of our book was published on 2 December 2008 and has already received three five-star reviews on Amazon Japan.
Amazon Japan

Architectural Training

Rebecca Wirfs-Brock has developed a course, based in part on our book, which provides software architects with skills and knowledge that enable them to prepare, present, and explain their architectures to diverse stakeholders.
Wirfs-Brock Associates

Amazon Reviews

We now have fifteen five-star reviews on Amazon.com. Thanks to all who have provided such strong endorsements. We are really pleased that people are finding it so useful.
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Regulation Perspective

Unlike other system qualities, compliance with the law is an area where you cannot make compromises. Although you may be able to live with a system that is slow, occasionally unreliable, or potentially insecure, a system that does not comply with legal regulations may be prevented from going into production or may expose the organization to risk of prosecution.

Desired Quality The ability of the system to conform to local and international laws, quasi-legal regulations, company policies, and other rules and standards
Applicability Any system which may be subject to laws or regulation
Concerns - statutory industry regulation
- privacy and data protection
- cross-border legal restrictions
- data retention and accountability
- organizational policy compliance
Activities - compliance auditing
Tactics - assessment of architecture against regulatory and legislative requirements
Pitfalls - not understand
- ing regulations or resulting obligations
- being unaware of statutory regulations