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Architecture tradeoff analysis method
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Software_engineering/KX6cE9kz">software engineering</a>, Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM) is a risk-mitigation process used early in the <a href="/facts/Software_development_life_cycle/cIDtuNPN">software development life cycle</a>. </p><p>ATAM was developed by the <a href="/facts/Software_Engineering_Institute/uMJyBSNj">Software Engineering Institute</a> at the <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Mellon_University/XKd7L2KA">Carnegie Mellon University</a>. Its purpose is to help choose a suitable <a href="/facts/Software_architecture/1Hokp0Ed">architecture</a> for a software system by discovering <a href="/facts/Trade-off/xY3nXnJN">trade-offs</a> and sensitivity points. </p><p>ATAM is most beneficial when done early in the software development life-cycle when the cost of changing architectures is minimal. </p>