Print Email Facebook Twitter A Light-weight Sanity Check for Implemented Architectures Title A Light-weight Sanity Check for Implemented Architectures Author Bouwers, E. Van Deursen, A. Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department Software Technology Date 2013-12-31 Abstract Architecture evaluations offer many benefits, including the early detection of problems and a better understanding of the possibilities of a system. Although many methods are available to evaluate an architecture, studies have shown that the adoption of architecture evaluations in industry is low. A reason for this lack of adoption is that there is limited out-of-the-box process and tool support available to start performing architecture reviews. In this article we introduce LiSCIA, a Light-weight Sanity Check for Implemented Architectures. It can be used out-of-the-box to perform a first architectural evaluation of a system. The check is based on years of experience in evaluating the maintainability of software systems. By periodically performing this check, the erosion of the implemented architecture as the system (and its requirements) evolves over time can be controlled. Preprint accepted for publication in IEEE Software, Special Issue on Software Evolution: Maintaining Stakeholders Satisfaction in a Changing World, July/August 2010, IEEE Computer Society Subject Software ArchitecturesSoftware Architecture EvaluationArchitecture ErosionSoftware Quality To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b7995898-6255-4f37-a09e-ee9f2806218e Publisher Delft University of Technology, Software Engineering Research Group ISSN 1872-5392 Source Technical Reposrt Series TUD-SERG-2013-003 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type report Rights © 2010 The Author(s) . Software Engineering Research Group, Department of Software Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Delft University of Technology Files PDF TUD-SERG-2010-003.pdf 172.98 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:b7995898-6255-4f37-a09e-ee9f2806218e/datastream/OBJ/view