Concept: Analysis Mechanism
An Analysis Mechanism is a conceptual representation of an Architecture Mechanism.
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An Analysis Mechanism is a conceptual representation of a Concept: Architecture Mechanism. Over time, Analysis Mechanisms are refined into Concept: Design Mechanism and later into Concept: Implementation Mechanism.

Analysis Mechanisms allow the development effort to focus on understanding the requirements without getting distracted by the specifics of a complex implementation. It is a way of abstrating away the detail of the solution to better comprehend the problem space.

Analysis Mechanisms are described in simple terms

  • a name - to identify the Mechanism.
  • some basic attributes, to firm up the requirements around the mechanism.

Examples of how Architecture Mechanisms can be defined are shown in Guideline: Example Analysis Mechanism Descriptions.

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