Abstract
Software architecture reviews help improve the quality of architecture design decisions. Traditional reviews are considered expensive and timeconsuming. We assert that organizations can consider leveraging peer-reviews and recombination (i.e., promoting design improvement through sharing design ideas) activities to improve the quality of architectures and getting staff trained. This paper reports a case study aimed at exploring the potential impact of combining peer-review and recombination on the quality of architecture design and design decisions made by novice architects, who usually have limited practical experience of architecture design. The findings show that the use of peer-review and recombination can improve both the quality of architecture design and documented decisions. From the decision-making perspective, this study also identifies the main types of challenges that the participants faced during architectural decision making and reasoning. These findings can be leveraged to focus on the types of training novice architects may need to effectively and efficiently address the types of challenges identified in this study.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Software Architecture |
Subtitle of host publication | 9th European Conference, ECSA 2015 Dubrovnik/Cavtat, Croatia, September 7–11, 2015 Proceedings |
Editors | Danny Weyns, Raffaela Mirandola, Ivica Crnkovic |
Place of Publication | Cham Switzerland |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 70-86 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Volume | 9278 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319237275 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319237268 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | European Conference on Software Architecture 2015 - Dubrovnik/Cavtat, Croatia Duration: 7 Sept 2015 → 11 Sept 2015 Conference number: 9th http://ecsa-conference.org/2015/ |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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Publisher | Springer |
Volume | 9278 |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
Conference | European Conference on Software Architecture 2015 |
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Abbreviated title | ECSA 2015 |
Country/Territory | Croatia |
City | Dubrovnik/Cavtat |
Period | 7/09/15 → 11/09/15 |
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Keywords
- Architectural design decision
- Design quality
- Peer-review
- Recombination
- Software architecture design