Abstract
In the field of software architecture, there has been a paradigm shift from describing the outcome of architecting process mostly described by component and connector (know-what) to documenting architectural design decisions and their rationale (know-how) which leads to the production of an architecture. This paradigm shift results in emergence of various models and related tools for capturing, managing and sharing architectural design decisions and their rationale explicitly. This paper analyzes existing architectural design decisions models and provides a criteria-based comparison on tools that support these models. The major contribution of this paper is twofold: to show that all of these models have a consensus on capturing the essence of an architectural design decision; and to clarify the major difference among the tools and show what desired features are missing in these tools.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2009 Joint Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture and European Conference on Software Architecture, WICSA/ECSA 2009 |
Publisher | IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Pages | 293-296 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781424449859 |
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Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 2009 Joint Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture and European Conference on Software Architecture, WICSA/ECSA 2009 - Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 14 Sep 2009 → 17 Sep 2009 |
Conference
Conference | 2009 Joint Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on Software Architecture and European Conference on Software Architecture, WICSA/ECSA 2009 |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Cambridge |
Period | 14/09/09 → 17/09/09 |