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Justin Cowling
Business Development Director
Justin Cowling
Business Development Director

Success Stories

Concept: Service-oriented integration platform
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Zühlke developed a concept for a service-oriented integration platform for the Structural Engineering Department of the city of Zurich. The purpose of the platform was to reduce the maintenance costs and complexity of the system landscape.
Architecture Framework ZAAF

Architecture assessment

Software architecture is a key factor in the development, integration and maintenance of software systems. It has a direct effect on costs and the time required to carry out an initial implementation. It is also a crucial factor in modifications and has an effect on operations in the long-term.  


An early evaluation of the architecture by a team of independent experts will thus help safeguarding its quality by establishing fitness for purpose. This will also significantly reduce the technical risks associated with the project. For such work, Zuhlke has developed a method - the Architecture Assessment Framework® (ZAAF). We extend this method with code walkthroughs or tool based analysis depending on the depth of the required analysis.


You benefit with Zuhlke from a practice-related procedural approach based on the internationally recognised ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method). These insights are the foundation for our specific recommendations to overcome existing architectural weaknesses.


We are your partner for

  • The independent evaluation of IT systems and software architectures with specific recommendations on the actions to be taken, including prioritisation, effort and costs.
  • The planning and implementation of migration from the IT vision right through to implementation.
  • The use of experts in identifying and resolving challenging software problems, including the use of modern code analysis tools.