Releases: isaqb-org/curriculum-foundation
Release Candidate 2025.1-RC4
Table of Contents
Abbreviations used below:
- LG: Learning goal
- LGI: Learning goal item (bullet item within LG)
- RC: Release candidate
Changes in 2025.1
The baseline for the following comparison is the latest release of 2023.1
The list of fixed/resolved issues can be found in the Kanban board on GitHub.
For 2025.1, we have resolved more than 60 issues, comments and problems in both the English (EN) and German (DE) version.
Very Short Summary
- The structure of the curriculum has been aligned with the architectural tasks (clarify requirements, design the system, communicate, evaluate/analyze)
- As a consequence, many learning goals have been moved.
- Examination-relevant content largely remained unchanged.
- Many LGs got new numbers, but the old numbers are kept in the title to facilitate migration.
Summary
The new version is structured along the fundamental activities and responsibilities of software architecture as a role, preceeded by some basic concepts:
| Section | Content |
|---|---|
| 1 | Basic concepts |
| 2 | Clarifying stakeholder requirements and constraints |
| 3 | Designing and developing software architectures, taking structural and conceptual decisions |
| 4 | Communicating and documenting the architecture for various stakeholders |
| 5 | Analyzing and assessing software architectures |
| 6 | Examples of software architectures |
The following topics have been removed:
- Software Lifecycle
- Differentiate types of IT systems
- Expect-errors principle
- SOLID principles (except Open/Closed and Dependency-Inversion)
The following topics are new in V2025:
- Data models
- Stakeholder concerns + interviews
- Static and dynamic coupling
- Efferent and afferent coupling
- SysML, C4
- Deal with unexpected situations
- Reasons for architecture analysis
- Evaluate conformance to architectural decisions
The mapping of V2023 to V2025 is provided in graphical format for your convenience:
Detailed Change History
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Work relevant for 2025.1 has begun October 2023, and is documented by detailed commits to the repository.
Count commits across all branches:
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Release Candidate 2025.1-RC2
Table of Contents
Changes in 2025.1
The baseline for the following comparison is the latest release of 2023.1
Abbreviations used below:
- LG: Learning goal
- LGI: Learning goal item (bullet item within LG)
- RC: Release candidate
The list of fixed/resolved issues can be found in the Kanban board on GitHub.
For 2025.1, we have resolved more than XXX issues, comments and problems in both the English (EN) and German (DE) version.
Very Short Summary
some text
Summary
- some more text
Detailed Change History
In case you are curious, have a look at the commit history.
Work relevant for 2025.1 has begun October 2023, and resulted in more than 120 commits to the repository.
Count commits across all branches:
git rev-list --all --count --since="23 October 2023"
Release Candidate 2025.1-RC1
Table of Contents
Changes in 2025.1
The baseline for the following comparison is the latest release of 2023.1
Abbreviations used below:
- LG: Learning goal
- LGI: Learning goal item (bullet item within LG)
- RC: Release candidate
The list of fixed/resolved issues can be found in the Kanban board on GitHub.
For 2025.1, we have resolved more than XXX issues, comments and problems in both the English (EN) and German (DE) version.
Very Short Summary
some text
Summary
- some more text
Detailed Change History
In case you are curious, have a look at the commit history.
Work relevant for 2025.1 has begun October 2023, and resulted in more than 120 commits to the repository.
Count commits across all branches:
git rev-list --all --count --since="23 October 2023"
Release 2023.1-rev3
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Changes in 2023.1
The baseline for the following comparison is V2021.1 (old) and V2023.1-rev2
Abbreviations used below:
- LG: Learning goal
- LGI: Learning goal item (bullet item within LG)
- RC: Release candidate
The list of fixed/resolved issues can be found in the Kanban board on Github.
For V2023, we have resolved more than 100 issues, comments and problems in both the English (EN) and German (DE) version.
Very Short Summary
- V2023 does NOT contain new R1 learning content
- A few LGs have been demoted
- New LG 2-10 (R3, software deployment)
- Old LG 3-9 has been merged into 3-2, LG 3-10 renamed to 3-9
- Significant wording changes to LGs 2-10, 3-2, 3-9, 4-3, 4-4
Summary
- Nothing from the new content has R1 examination relevance.
- A few LGs have been modernized, e.g. Energy Efficiency and Cloud Native have been added, and some Principles of Software Deployment.
- Several literature and bibliographic references have been updated, a few have been added.
- Added new (R3) LG 2-10 "Fundamental Principles of Software Deployment"
- Merged old LG 3-9 into LG 3-2, renamed old LG 3-10 to LG 3-9
- Wording changes to LGs 4-3, 4-4
- A few LGs or LGIs have been demoted, either from R1 to R2, or R2 to R3
- Removed inconsistencies between EN and DE version
- Numerous typos have been fixed
- Changed insecure http links to https
- Glossary migrated from Leanpub to the iSAQB Download site, https://public.isaqb.org
- LanguageTool proposed wording and style improvements.
Detailed Change History
In case you are curious, have a look at the commit history.
Work relevant for V2023 has begun May 2022, and resulted in more than 120 commits to the repository.
Count commits across all branches:
git rev-list --all --count --since="01 May 2022"
Release 2023.1-rev2
Table of Contents
Changes in 2023.1
The baseline for the following comparison is V2021.1 (old) and V2023.1-RC2
Abbreviations used below:
- LG: Learning goal
- LGI: Learning goal item (bullet item within LG)
- RC: Release candidate
The list of fixed/resolved issues can be found in the Kanban board on Github.
For V2023, we have resolved more than 85 issues, comments and problems in both the English (EN) and German (DE) version.
Very Short Summary
- V2023 does NOT contain new R1 learning content
- A few LGs have been demoted
- Significant wording changes to LGs 2-10, 3-2, 3-9, 4-3, 4-4
Summary
- Nothing from the new content has R1 examination relevance.
- A few LGs have been modernized, e.g. Energy Efficiency and Cloud Native have been added, and some Principles of Software Deployment.
- Several literature and bibliographic references have been updated, a few have been added.
- Added new (R3) LG 2-10 "Principles of Software Deployment"
- Merged old LG 3-9 into LG 3-2, renamed old LG 3-10 to LG 3-9
- Wording changes to LGs 4-3, 4-4
- A few LGs or LGIs have been demoted, either from R1 to R2, or R2 to R3
- Removed inconsistencies between EN and DE version
- Numerous typos have been fixed
- Changed insecure http links to https
- Glossary migrated from Leanpub to the iSAQB Download site, https://public.isaqb.org
- LanguageTool proposed wording and style improvements.
Detailed Change History
In case you are curious, have a look at the commit history.
Work relevant for V2023 has begun May 2022, and resulted in more than 120 commits to the repository.
Count commits across all branches:
git rev-list --all --count --since="01 May 2022"
Release 2023.1-rev1
Table of Contents
Changes in 2023.1
The baseline for the following comparison is V2021.1 (old) and V2023.1-RC2
Abbreviations used below:
- LG: Learning goal
- LGI: Learning goal item (bullet item within LG)
- RC: Release candidate
The list of fixed/resolved issues can be found in the Kanban board on Github.
For V2023, we have resolved more than 85 issues, comments and problems in both the English (EN) and German (DE) version.
Very Short Summary
- V2023 does NOT contain new R1 learning content
- A few LGs have been demoted
- Significant wording changes to LGs 2-10, 3-2, 3-9, 4-3, 4-4
Summary
- Nothing from the new content has R1 examination relevance.
- A few LGs have been modernized, e.g. Energy Efficiency and Cloud Native have been added, and some Principles of Software Deployment.
- Several literature and bibliographic references have been updated, a few have been added.
- Added new (R3) LG 2-10 "Principles of Software Deployment"
- Merged old LG 3-9 into LG 3-2, renamed old LG 3-10 to LG 3-9
- Wording changes to LGs 4-3, 4-4
- A few LGs or LGIs have been demoted, either from R1 to R2, or R2 to R3
- Removed inconsistencies between EN and DE version
- Numerous typos have been fixed
- Changed insecure http links to https
- Glossary migrated from Leanpub to the iSAQB Download site, https://public.isaqb.org
- LanguageTool proposed wording and style improvements.
Detailed Change History
In case you are curious, have a look at the commit history.
Work relevant for V2023 has begun May 2022, and resulted in more than 120 commits to the repository.
Count commits across all branches:
git rev-list --all --count --since="01 May 2022"
Release 2023.1-rev0
Table of Contents
Changes in 2023.1
The baseline for the following comparison is V2021.1 (old) and V2023.1-RC2
Abbreviations used below:
- LG: Learning goal
- LGI: Learning goal item (bullet item within LG)
- RC: Release candidate
The list of fixed/resolved issues can be found in the Kanban board on Github.
For V2023, we have resolved more than 85 issues, comments and problems in both the English (EN) and German (DE) version.
Very Short Summary
- V2023 does NOT contain new R1 learning content
- A few LGs have been demoted
- Significant wording changes to LGs 2-10, 3-2, 3-9, 4-3, 4-4
Summary
- Nothing from the new content has R1 examination relevance.
- A few LGs have been modernized, e.g. Energy Efficiency and Cloud Native have been added, and some Principles of Software Deployment.
- Several literature and bibliographic references have been updated, a few have been added.
- Added new (R3) LG 2-10 "Principles of Software Deployment"
- Merged old LG 3-9 into LG 3-2, renamed old LG 3-10 to LG 3-9
- Wording changes to LGs 4-3, 4-4
- A few LGs or LGIs have been demoted, either from R1 to R2, or R2 to R3
- Removed inconsistencies between EN and DE version
- Numerous typos have been fixed
- Changed insecure http links to https
- Glossary migrated from Leanpub to the iSAQB Download site, https://public.isaqb.org
- LanguageTool proposed wording and style improvements.
Detailed Change History
In case you are curious, have a look at the commit history.
Work relevant for V2023 has begun May 2022, and resulted in more than 120 commits to the repository.
Count commits across all branches:
git rev-list --all --count --since="01 May 2022"
Release Candidate 2023.1-RC4
575e932
programming-wolf
Benjamin Wolf
Table of Contents
Changes in 2023.1
The baseline for the following comparison is V2021.1 (old) and V2023.1-RC2
Abbreviations used below:
- LG: Learning goal
- LGI: Learning goal item (bullet item within LG)
- RC: Release candidate
The list of fixed/resolved issues can be found in the Kanban board on Github.
For V2023, we have resolved more than 85 issues, comments and problems in both the English (EN) and German (DE) version.
Very Short Summary
- V2023 does NOT contain new R1 learning content
- A few LGs have been demoted
- Significant wording changes to LGs 2-10, 3-2, 3-9, 4-3, 4-4
Summary
- Nothing from the new content has R1 examination relevance.
- A few LGs have been modernized, e.g. Energy Efficiency and Cloud Native have been added, and some Principles of Software Deployment.
- Several literature and bibliographic references have been updated, a few have been added.
- Added new (R3) LG 2-10 "Principles of Software Deployment"
- Merged old LG 3-9 into LG 3-2, renamed old LG 3-10 to LG 3-9
- Wording changes to LGs 4-3, 4-4
- A few LGs or LGIs have been demoted, either from R1 to R2, or R2 to R3
- Removed inconsistencies between EN and DE version
- Numerous typos have been fixed
- Changed insecure http links to https
- Glossary migrated from Leanpub to the iSAQB Download site, https://public.isaqb.org
- LanguageTool proposed wording and style improvements.
Detailed Change History
In case you are curious, have a look at the commit history.
Work relevant for V2023 has begun May 2022, and resulted in more than 120 commits to the repository.
Count commits across all branches:
git rev-list --all --count --since="01 May 2022"
Release Candidate 2023.1-RC3
Table of Contents
Changes in 2023.1
The baseline for the following comparison is V2021.1 (old) and V2023.1-RC2
Abbreviations used below:
- LG: Learning goal
- LGI: Learning goal item (bullet item within LG)
- RC: Release candidate
The list of fixed/resolved issues can be found in the Kanban board on Github.
For V2023, we have resolved more than 85 issues, comments and problems in both the English (EN) and German (DE) version.
Very Short Summary
- V2023 does NOT contain new R1 learning content
- A few LGs have been demoted
- Significant wording changes to LGs 2-10, 3-2, 3-9, 4-3, 4-4
Summary
- Nothing from the new content has R1 examination relevance.
- A few LGs have been modernized, e.g. Energy Efficiency and Cloud Native have been added, and some Principles of Software Deployment.
- Several literature and bibliographic references have been updated, a few have been added.
- Added new (R3) LG 2-10 "Principles of Software Deployment"
- Merged old LG 3-9 into LG 3-2, renamed old LG 3-10 to LG 3-9
- Wording changes to LGs 4-3, 4-4
- A few LGs or LGIs have been demoted, either from R1 to R2, or R2 to R3
- Removed inconsistencies between EN and DE version
- Numerous typos have been fixed
- Changed insecure http links to https
- Glossary migrated from Leanpub to the iSAQB Download site, https://public.isaqb.org
- LanguageTool proposed wording and style improvements.
Detailed Change History
In case you are curious, have a look at the commit history.
Work relevant for V2023 has begun May 2022, and resulted in more than 120 commits to the repository.
Count commits across all branches:
git rev-list --all --count --since="01 May 2022"
Release Candidate 2023.1-RC2
Table of Contents
Changes in 2023.1
The baseline for the following comparison is V2021.1 (old) and V2023.1-RC2
Abbreviations used below:
- LG: Learning goal
- LGI: Learning goal item (bullet item within LG)
- RC: Release candidate
The list of fixed/resolved issues can be found in the Kanban board on Github.
For V2023, we have resolved more than 85 issues, comments and problems in both the English (EN) and German (DE) version.
Very Short Summary
- V2023 does NOT contain new R1 learning content
- A few LGs have been demoted
- Significant wording changes to LGs 2-10, 3-2, 3-9, 4-3, 4-4
Summary
- Nothing from the new content has R1 examination relevance.
- A few LGs have been modernized, e.g. Energy Efficiency and Cloud Native have been added, and some Principles of Software Deployment.
- Several literature and bibliographic references have been updated, a few have been added.
- Added new (R3) LG 2-10 "Principles of Software Deployment"
- Merged old LG 3-9 into LG 3-2, renamed old LG 3-10 to LG 3-9
- Wording changes to LGs 4-3, 4-4
- A few LGs or LGIs have been demoted, either from R1 to R2, or R2 to R3
- Removed inconsistencies between EN and DE version
- Numerous typos have been fixed
- Changed insecure http links to https
- Glossary migrated from Leanpub to the iSAQB Download site, https://public.isaqb.org
- LanguageTool proposed wording and style improvements.
Detailed Change History
In case you are curious, have a look at the commit history.
Work relevant for V2023 has begun May 2022, and resulted in more than 120 commits to the repository.
Count commits across all branches:
git rev-list --all --count --since="01 May 2022"