Abstract: The present invention is a method for determining during run-time an adaptation to a software architecture comprising a plurality of components. The method includes the steps of—evaluating constraints for the adaptation relating to a functional dependence of components of the software architecture,—determining during run-time a context for the software architecture taking into account information on the state of the architecture,—selecting among a plurality of context models a context model corresponding to the determined context,—evaluating constraints for the adaptation imposed by the selected context model,—taking a decision on performing the adaptation based on the outcome of the evaluation steps.