Context Combining software architecture and agile development has received significant
attention in recent years. However, there exists no comprehensive overview of the state of …

Describes the construction of system dependence graphs for object-oriented software on
which efficient slicing algorithms can be applied. We construct these system dependence …

Microservices decouple network-accessible system components to support independent
development, deployment, and scalability. The architecture of microservice-based software …

Software architecture (SA) documentation provides a blueprint of a software-intensive
system for the communication between stakeholders about the high-level design of the …

Nowadays, Agile and Global Software Development (AGSD) has brought benefits and new
challenges to the software industry. Among the main challenges is Architecture Knowledge …

Sustaining large open source development efforts requires recruiting new participants;
however, a lack of architectural documentation might inhibit new participants since large …

Architectural languages (ALs) have attracted much attention as the modeling notations for
specifying and reasoning about important design decisions. In this study, 124 different …

Nowadays, the use of agile methodologies (AM) in Global Software Development (GSD)--
known as AGSD--is increasingly common. However, AM and GSD are not completely …

The best practices in the industry for Software Architecture (SA) documentation are not
always followed, despite it being known that SA documentation can positively influence …

As an important type of architectural knowledge, documenting architectural assumptions
(AAs) is critical to the success of projects. In this work, we proposed and validated an …