Software architecting lacks good notation
I found a blog entry at http://www.matshelander.com/wordpress/?p=74 which although lengthy and wordy hits the spot. There is no good notation system for software architecting.
My words: Comparing software architecting to building houses is ridiculous. Just because they share the same name (architecting) doesn’t mean they have a lot in common. Compare a sea horse and a horse and you get the same useless result.
The romans would never be good at mathematics since they lacked a good notation.
What software architecting needs is a good notation. UML is one way but it is not very good for evolving solutions and finding bugs. Code is the best notation I know of but it is too close to the very program and not good at describing architecture.
Besides, after several thousand years of building houses we still miss the estimated cost.
Tags: architecture, documentation