Prerequisites for Successful Architectural Knowledge Sharing

Farenhorst, Rik; Lago, Patricia; Vliet, Hans van

doi:10.1109/aswec.2007.39

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“…The need for sharing architectural knowledge was also observed in a study we conducted at a large software development organization [11]. We found that architects rely heavily on communication to work adequately and to produce high-quality results, and that many formal and informal discussions take place in the coffee room, at the hallway, or during other social events or meetings.…”

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“…Various social [16], organizational and cultural [17], or personal factors [18] also heavily influence the success of knowledge sharing, but this is beyond the scope of this paper. More information about incentives for knowledge sharing can be found in [19], or in [11] where incentives for architectural knowledge sharing are identified.…”

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Effective Tool Support for Architectural Knowledge Sharing

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Abstract. Knowledge management plays an important role in the software architecting process. Recently, this role has become more apparent by a paradigm shift that views a software architecture as the set of architectural design decisions it embodies. This shift has sparked the discussion in both research and practice on how to best facilitate sharing of so-called architectural knowledge, and how tools can best be employed. In order to design successful tool support for architectural knowledge sharing it is important to take into account what software architecting really entails. To this end, in this paper we define the main characteristics of architecting, based on observations in a large software development organization, and state-of-the-art literature in software architecture. Based on the defined characteristics, we determine how best practices known from knowledge management could be used to improve architectural knowledge sharing. This results in the definition of a set of desired properties of architectural knowledge sharing tools. To improve the status quo of architectural knowledge sharing tools, we present the design of an architectural knowledge sharing platform.

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Effective Tool Support for Architectural Knowledge Sharing

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Vliet

2007

Software Architecture

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“…11 We found that architects rely heavily on communication to work adequately and to produce high-quality results, and that many formal and informal discussions take place in the coffee room, at the hallway, or during other social events or meetings. However, despite the need for sharing architectural knowledge, software architects in practice often stick to familiar technologies such as office suites for their daily tasks.…”

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Eagle: Effective Tool Support for Sharing Architectural Knowledge

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Vliet

2007

Int. J. Coop. Info. Syst.

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Knowledge management plays an important role in the software architecting process. Recently, this role has become more apparent by a paradigm shift that views a software architecture as the set of architectural design decisions it embodies. This shift has sparked the discussion in both research and practice on how to best facilitate sharing of so-called architectural knowledge, and how tools can best be employed. In order to design successful tool support for architectural knowledge sharing it is important to take into account what software architecting really entails. In this paper, we define the main characteristics of architecting, based on observations in a large software development organization, and state-of-the-art literature in software architecture. Based on the defined characteristics, we determine how best practices known from knowledge management could be used to improve architectural knowledge sharing. This results in the definition of a set of desired properties of architectural knowledge sharing tools. Finally, we highlight the design and implementation of EAGLE, an architectural knowledge sharing portal that implements those properties.

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“…Farenhorst et al [24] identify difficulties that arise when sharing AK, as well as prerequisites for sharing to be successful. They define incentives for people needed to be willing to share AK, as well as the lesson that striving for completeness is infeasible.…”

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Sharing the Architectural Knowledge of Quantitative Analysis

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Quality of Software Architectures. Models and Architectures

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Abstract. Sharing the architectural knowledge of architectural analysis among stakeholders proves to be troublesome. This causes problems in and with architectural analysis, which can have serious consequences for the quality of a system being developed, as this quality might be incompletely or wrongly assessed. This paper presents a domain model, which can be used as a common ground among analysts and architects to capture and explicitly share such knowledge. This enables a way to overcome some of the obstacles imposed by the multi-disciplinary context in which architectural analysis takes place. To apply the domain model in practice, we have created a tool implementing (part of) this domain model for capturing and using explicit architectural knowledge during analysis. We validate the tool and domain model in the context of an industrial case study.

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Prerequisites for Successful Architectural Knowledge Sharing

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Cited by 15 publications

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Effective Tool Support for Architectural Knowledge Sharing

Effective Tool Support for Architectural Knowledge Sharing

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Sharing the Architectural Knowledge of Quantitative Analysis

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