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== Steps of the ATAM Process ==
1.) Present ATAM - Present the concept of ATAM to the stakeholders, and answer an questions about the process.
2.) Present Business Drivers - Everyone in the process presents and evaluates the business drivers for the system in question.
3.) Present the Architecture - The archiect presents the high level architecture to the team, with an 'appropriate level of detail'
4.) Identify Architectural Approaches - Different architecural approaches to the system are presented by the team, and discussed.
5.) Generate Quality Attribute Utility Tree - Define the core business and technical requirements of the system, and map them to an appropriate architectural property. Present a scenario for this given requirement.
6.) Analyze architectural approaches - Analyze each scenario, rating them by priority. The architecure is then evaluated against each scenario.
7.) Brainstorm and prioritize scenarios - among the larger stakeholder group, present the current scenarios, and expand.
8.) Analyze architectural approaches - Perform step 6 again with the added knowledge of the larger stakeholder community.
9.) Present results - provide all documentation to the stakeholders.
<ref>Software Architecture in Practice, Second Edition, Len Bass; Paul Clements; Rick Kazman, Addison Wesley Professional, April 09, 2003</ref>
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