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arc42-FAQ

Pragmatic, real-world software architecture documentation

About the Book

Here you find answers to the most common questions regarding arc42,the proven, practical (free!) standard for documenting and communicatingsoftware architectures. These FAQ have been extracted from the book "arc42 in Practice", which itself is an enhanced translation  from the German-language printed book   "arc42 in Aktion".

These FAQ are free, and published under a Creative-Commons License.

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Gernot Starke
Gernot Starke

Dr. Gernot Starke (INNOQ Fellow) is co-founder and longstanding user of the (open source) arc42 documentation template. For more than 20 years, he has been working as software-architect, coach and consultant, conquering the challenges of creating effective software architectures for clients from various industries.

Gernot co-founded the International Software Architecture Qualification Board (iSAQB e.V.) and the (open source) Architecture Improvement Method (https://aim42.org).

Gernot has authored several (German) books on software architecture and related topics.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Table of Questions
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    • A General questions
    • B Questions on methodology
    • C Questions on arc42 sections
    • D Questions on modeling
    • E Questions on arc42 and agile methods
    • F Questions on tools for arc42
    • G Questions on arc42 and versions / variants
    • H Questions on arc42 and traceability
    • J Questions on managing documentation
    • K Questions on customizing arc42
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  • About Gernot Starke
  • Notes

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