New Learning Resources for the Software and System Architect

There are a lot of new learning resources available for the Software and System Architect. I have gathered some of the best together below.

You can check these blogs out for my past lists, which include more papers than this one.
Software Architecture Links: ABC, QAWs, ADD, ATAM, CBAM, ARID, and Books
Documenting Software Architectures: 4+1, Views and Beyond, Viewpoints and Perspectives, and Book Links

New Published Books and Papers




patterns & practices Application Architecture Guide 2.0 (THE BOOK)



An overview of the patterns & practices App Arch Guide 2.0 project in PDF form.

The Rich Client Architecture Pocket Guide provides an overview and prescriptive guidance for designing rich client applications on the .NET platform.

The Web Architecture Pocket Guide provides an overview and prescriptive guidance for designing Web applications on the .NET platform.

The RIA Architecture Pocket Guide provides an overview and prescriptive guidance for designing RIA applications on the .NET platform.

The Service Architecture Pocket Guide provides an overview and prescriptive guidance for designing services on the .NET platform.

Original Visios for the larger diagrams in the Application Architecture Guide version 2.0. If you would like any of the others in the guide, please request them.

Presentations that were given at the SOAPL - 07 workshop.

The Method-Framework for Engineering System Architectures

Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Foundations of Service-Oriented Architecture (FSOA 2007)

Proceedings of the First Workshop on Service-Oriented Architectures and Product Lines

Models for Evaluating and Improving Architecture Competence


New Books soon to be available