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Architecture Coverage: Validating Optimum Set of Viewpoints

Authors:
Sunia Naeem
Salma Imtiaz

Keywords: architecture coverage; optimum; viewpoints; stakeholders; quality attributes.

Abstract:
There are various software architecture viewpoint models but none of them provides optimum coverage of software architecture domain. Software architecture coverage is the coverage of concepts that are required to effectively design and analyze software architecture. An optimum set of viewpoints can be selected from different software architecture viewpoint models that provide maximum coverage of software architecture domain than an individual architecture model. In this paper, an optimum set of viewpoints is selected by comparing five commonly used software architecture viewpoint models namely 4+1 RM-ODP, SEI, Siemens and Rational ADS via a common comparison framework. These architecture models are compared on the evaluation criteria, i.e., viewpoints, stakeholders and quality attributes. This evaluation criterion is based on IEEE Standard 1471 Recommended Practice for Software Architecture Description. The resulting optimum set is validated in industry via multiple case studies, and the results show that the optimum set of viewpoints provide greater coverage than any of the viewpoint alone.

Pages: 75 to 84

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: October 12, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-367-4

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from October 12, 2014 to October 16, 2014