Generalizing a Model of Software Architecture Design from Five Industrial Approaches

Hofmeister, Christine; Kruchten, Philippe; Nord, Robert L.; Obbink, Henk; Ran, Alexander; America, Pierre

doi:10.1109/wicsa.2005.36

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“…Hofmeister et al define architecting as an iterative process in which the architecture 'grows' over time as architects perform architectural activities, such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation [11]. In our research we build further on this view, by considering the iterative nature of architecting as a 'decision loop'.…”

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Architectural Knowledge: Getting to the Core

Boer¹,

Farenhorst²,

Lago³

et al. 2007

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. Different organizations or organizational units are likely to store and maintain different types of information about their software architectures. This inhibits effective management of architectural knowledge. We experimented with a model of architectural knowledge to characterize the use of architectural knowledge in four different organizations. Based on this experimentation we identified four perspectives on architectural knowledge management, and additionally adjusted the model to better align theory with practice. The refined model defines a minimal set of concepts with supposedly complete coverage of the architectural knowledge domain. Because of the minimalistic aspect of the model, we refer to it as a 'core model' of architectural knowledge. Supporting evidence for the validity of our model, i.e. the supposed complete coverage, has been obtained by an attempt to falsify this claim through a comparison with selected literature. Application of the core model to characterize the use of architectural knowledge indicates possible areas of improvement for architectural knowledge management in the four organizations.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Architectural Knowledge: Getting to the Core

Boer¹,

Farenhorst²,

Lago³

et al. 2007

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…Different models propose development of different views (Mattsson et al, 2009). There are many commonalities and some differences between architecture development approaches (Hofmeister et al, 2005;Hofmeister et al, 2007). There are also some attempts such as (Hofmeister et al, 2005;Hofmeister et al, 2007) to develop a general model of software architecture design.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There are many commonalities and some differences between architecture development approaches (Hofmeister et al, 2005;Hofmeister et al, 2007). There are also some attempts such as (Hofmeister et al, 2005;Hofmeister et al, 2007) to develop a general model of software architecture design. Furthermore, studies to develop techniques and methods for quality assessment of software system architectures (Kazman et al, 2001;Firesmith et al, 2006) are also conducted.…”

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Multi-View Software Architecture Design: Case Study of a Mission-Critical Defense System

Demir¹

2015

CIS

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An architecture outlines what a system can or cannot do. Attention to software architecture is essential for successful product developments. Therefore, software architecture development is a crucial phase in software development process. As the software intensive systems become complex, software architects face with the challenges of dealing with multiple sometimes conflicting concerns at the same time. Satisfaction of quality requirements can be achieved via a good software architecture design. Since the quality requirements are multi-faceted, the software architects have to consider many diverse aspects and provide a software architectural solution that can optimally satisfy functional and quality requirements. Such a solution requires a multi-view software architecture design as the result of a systematic architecture development process. Case studies are helpful in bridging the gap between academia and industry. Research studies including carefully designed case studies will help practitioners to understand the theoretical concepts and apply novel research findings in their practices. Hence, in this study, we explain a multi-view software architecture design process with the help of a mission-critical defense system development case study. In the study, we explain the multi-view software architecture design step by step starting with identifying the system context, requirements, constraints, and quality expectations. We further outline the strategies, techniques, designs, and rationales used to satisfy a diverse set of requirements with a particular software architecture pattern. We also introduce a novel architectural style, named as "star-controller architectural style". We explain the use of the style with a related discussion.

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“…Many organizations have claimed for improving the productivity and quality of software development using COTS Selection [28].Therefore many software organizations have introduces COTS technologies in the software industry. A number of COTS components supporting tools have been introduce by software engineers and consultants .The popularity increase of commercial and embeddable software components and software environments following standardization [17]. The quality and standard components more available so more potential reuse candidates.…”

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“…The quality and standard components more available so more potential reuse candidates. Many devel-Engineering (CBSE) oping organizations are spending a large amount of time in COTS selection since the choice of the suitable components has a major effect on the project and final product [17]. We have developed OPM that addresses the selection process, Components software package.…”

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Optimal Performance Model Investigation in Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE)

Khan¹

2013

AJSEA

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Abstract:Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies have emerged over the past decade. COTS technology gained significant popularity by developing the optimal, efficient, economically and quickly software system that mapping business requirement. As a consequence, the need for designing effective strategies for enabling large scale reuse, whilst overcoming the risks involved in the use of a particular technology, still remains. In this situation, the use of "COTS" technology introduces many problematic factors that still have not been fully solved; some of them are the lack of inclusive tools, efficient methods to manage and collect the required information for supporting COTS software selection. Keeping in view all these issues in this research report present an Optimal Performance Model (OPM) for gathering the information that is needed to define COTS market segments in a way that would make software components selection more effective and efficient. Mostly the information we collect possess huge diversity therefore suggest OPM's that will certainly help to cover different aspects and fields of COTS software selection. This design model will base on several software quality standards. Commercial of the shelf software has gained considerable popularity as approach that quickly and economical creates software system that address business requirement. This research work will presents an approach for defining assessment principles for reusable software components.

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Generalizing a Model of Software Architecture Design from Five Industrial Approaches

Cited by 68 publications

References 28 publications

Architectural Knowledge: Getting to the Core

Architectural Knowledge: Getting to the Core

Multi-View Software Architecture Design: Case Study of a Mission-Critical Defense System

Optimal Performance Model Investigation in Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE)

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