Traditional software process models, as well as the concept of
software architecture that is attached to them, are more mechanical in essence.
Early ASSIP investigations into Army SIS acquisition indicated, among other things, that while
software architecture practices were deemed important for SIS programs, methods and skills to carry out those practices were perceived to be inadequate.
Within the SPARC
software architecture, the robot's powers of perception are enhanced by its ability to use information from visual, audio, and tactile sensors to form a pattern.
Since 2003 AUTOSTAR has been working on the development and introduction of an open, standardized
software architecture for the automotive industry.
It also scales to support thousands of users across multiple locations and runs within the CallRex distributed services
software architecture. Managers can monitor live calls and record and play back comprehensive customer interactions from anywhere on the network based on configurable permissions and access rights.
Building Scalable Web Sites, published by O'Reilly, explains how to design and build applications that scale quickly and it includes information on designing the
software architecture underneath a web application, and partitioning and distributing databases to support large datasets and simultaneous transactions.