Recent research suggests that architectural knowledge, such as design decisions, is
important and should be recorded alongside the architecture description. Different …

A software architecture manifests the major early design decisions. These early decisions
determine the system's development, deployment and evolution. Thus, making better …

Cobbler's children do not wear shoes. Software engineers build sophisticated software but
we often cannot find the needed information and knowledge for ourselves. Issues are the …

The effective documentation of Architectural Knowledge (AK) is one of the key factors in
leveraging the paradigm shift toward sharing and reusing AK. However, current …

Although the benefits are well-known and undisputed, sharing architectural knowledge is
not something architects automatically do. In an attempt to better understand what architects …

Modelling and evaluating quality properties of software is of high importance, especially
when our every day life depends on the quality of services produced by systems and …

Software architecture design is a critical aspect of develo** large-scale software systems.
However, the practice of architecture design reasoning is immature, partly because of a lack …

Abstract Software Architectural Process (SAP) is a core and excessively knowledge
intensive phase of software development life cycle, as it consumes and produces knowledge …

In recent years, management of architectural knowledge has become a more prominent
theme in software architecture research. Although various specialized tools have been …

As management of architectural knowledge becomes vital for improving an organization's
architectural capabilities, support for (semi-) automating this management is required. There …