Questionnaire report on matter relating to software architecture evaluation

Hassan Almari; Clive Boughton

doi:10.1109/SNPD.2014.6888685

Questionnaire report on matter relating to software architecture evaluation

Hassan Almari^*, Clive Boughton

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Evidence of the relationship between software architecture including it's styles/patterns and quality attributes continues to grow, but largely remains an art rather than a science in terms of being able to predict a relevant architecture from (known) quality attributes. The aim of this paper is to point out those aspects that influence utilization of software architecture artefacts and their evaluation by software developers, and is part of a continuing study the results of which are intended to aid professional software/system developers with their decisions surrounding choice of (concrete) software architectures. The earlier part of the study produced an analysis report based on a survey titled 'Questionnaire on matters relating to Software Patterns - 2012'. The survey was issued to software developers possessing more than 5 years experience, and produced significant results which, in turn, led to the need for this second survey. Ninety seven (97%) percent of the participants, from six different nations, answering the first questionnaire supported this further investigation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014 - Proceedings
Editors	Satoshi Takahashi, Ju Yeon Jo
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479956043
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SNPD.2014.6888685
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	15th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking, and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014 - Las Vegas, United States Duration: 30 Jun 2014 → 2 Jul 2014

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Name	2014 IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014 - Proceedings

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Conference	15th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking, and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas
Period	30/06/14 → 2/07/14

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Almari, H., & Boughton, C. (2014). Questionnaire report on matter relating to software architecture evaluation. In S. Takahashi, & J. Y. Jo (Eds.), 2014 IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014 - Proceedings Article 6888685 (2014 IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SNPD.2014.6888685

Almari, Hassan ; Boughton, Clive. / Questionnaire report on matter relating to software architecture evaluation. 2014 IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014 - Proceedings. editor / Satoshi Takahashi ; Ju Yeon Jo. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. (2014 IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014 - Proceedings).

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Almari, H & Boughton, C 2014, Questionnaire report on matter relating to software architecture evaluation. in S Takahashi & JY Jo (eds), 2014 IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014 - Proceedings., 6888685, 2014 IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 15th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking, and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014, Las Vegas, United States, 30/06/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/SNPD.2014.6888685

Questionnaire report on matter relating to software architecture evaluation. / Almari, Hassan; Boughton, Clive.
2014 IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014 - Proceedings. ed. / Satoshi Takahashi; Ju Yeon Jo. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. 6888685 (2014 IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014 - Proceedings).

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Almari H, Boughton C. Questionnaire report on matter relating to software architecture evaluation. In Takahashi S, Jo JY, editors, 2014 IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014. 6888685. (2014 IEEE/ACIS 15th International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, SNPD 2014 - Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/SNPD.2014.6888685

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