In this paper, we present a prototype tool that supports the systematic development of software architectures driven by quality requirements using architectural tactics. The tool ...
Avoiding architectural erosion helps extend the lifetime of an evolving software system. Erosion can be reduced by ensuring that (i) developers share a good understanding of a sys...
Ciaran O'Reilly, Philip J. Morrow, David W. Bustar...
The types of awareness relevant to collaborative software engineering are identified and an additional type, “historical awareness” is proposed. This new type of awareness is...
Component-based software development has proven effective for systems implementation in well-understood application domains, but is still insufficient for the creation of reusable...
1 Even though there has been some research on system evolution, there is no well defined vocabulary to indicate deviation of a system from desired goals. Further, there are no obje...