CONCERNS ON ARCHITECTURE-CENTERED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: A SURVEY

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kyaruzi, John J. | van Katwijk, Jan

Affiliations: Faculty of Information Technology and Systems, University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

Abstract: We propose a framework for practical realization of architecture-centered software development that consolidates two major view-points in the domain of software architecture: (1) an architecture-based systems development view which requires development processes and products to respect good architecting principles and (2) a system-based architecture technology development view which requires software architecture methods and technologies to respect evolution, reuse and componentization as, inherently, basic properties of software systems. We survey and discuss the use of software architecture technologies in solving problems of evolution, reuse, and componentization as inherent characteristics of any complex systems. Issues of concern for adopting architecture-centered software development are then discussed together with problems facing current ADLs, as technologies for software architectures. We propose possible research directions necessary for practical realization of the framework.

Keywords: Architecture-centered software development, software architecture, software reuse, component-based software development, software evolution, software architecture ontology

Journal: Journal of Integrated Design & Process Science, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 13-35, 2000