The Evolution of Architectural Decision Making as a Key Focus Area of Software Architecture Research: A Semi-Systematic Literature Study

Bhat, M. Seetharama; Shumaiev, Klym; Hohenstein, Uwe; Biesdorf, Andreas; Matthes, Florian

doi:10.1109/icsa47634.2020.00015

Cited by 14 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 185 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The semi-systematic literature review is undertaken using a topical approach, and 66 research publications most recent from various repositories have been selected and examined in connection to the relevant variables with the goal of designing a conceptual framework based on theoretical underpinning. The semi-systematic literature review overcomes the hurdles of a systematic review and synthesizes the vital notions, theories, frameworks, and developments (Snyder, 2019;Bhat et al, 2020). An extensive literature analysis identified a nexus of Employer Branding, which is difficult to understand without its deconstruction; thus, the following paragraphs discuss relationship-based disintegration, which aids in understanding the framework's overall image.…”

Section: Discussion For Final Conceptual Framework the Proposed Frame...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Reviewdriven findings are segregated based on their themes and sub-themes; followed by clubbing of related themes to form more abstract themes for increasing parsimony of conceptual framework. The semi-systematic literature review overcomes the hurdles of a systematic review and synthesizes the vital notions, theories, frameworks, and developments (Snyder, 2019;Bhat et al, 2020). An extensive literature analysis identified a nexus of Employer Branding, which is difficult to understand without its deconstruction; thus, the following paragraphs discuss relationship-based disintegration, which aids in understanding the framework's overall image.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The Relationship Between Internal Employer Branding and Talent Retention: A Theoretical Investigation for the Development of a Conceptual Framework

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The focus of this paper is to develop a comprehensive conceptual framework for the relationship between internal employer brand image and talent retention. An extensive and semi-systematic literature review identified a number of antecedents and consequences that have been empirically tested in various cutting-edge research studies that were conducted around the world. The existing literature is reviewed using a topical approach, and 66 research studies, most recent from various repositories, were carefully chosen and reviewed based on the criteria. Such studies have been discerned and synthesized in order to establish a complete and accurate understanding of the phenomenon. Finally, a comprehensive and relatively rich conceptual framework has been proposed for future empirical explanations in various social settings via prospective research.

show abstract

Section: Discussion For Final Conceptual Framework the Proposed Frame...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Relationship Between Internal Employer Branding and Talent Retention: A Theoretical Investigation for the Development of a Conceptual Framework

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The emerging problem was the computational complexity of the possible state space explosion of the architecture description’s finite-state model. This problem persuades experienced-based analysis methods such as ABAS to not use an analysis tool to evaluate performance [ 99 ].…”

Section: Targeted Quality Attributes: Performance and Security In Sof...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Lightweight Software Architecture Evaluation for Industry: A Comprehensive Review

Sahlabadi

Muniyandi

Shukur

et al. 2022

Sensors

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Processes for evaluating software architecture (SA) help to investigate problems and potential risks in SA. It is derived from many studies that proposed a plethora of systematic SA evaluation methods, while industrial practitioners currently refrain from applying them since they are heavyweight. Nowadays, heterogeneous software architectures are organized based on the new infrastructure. Hardware and associated software allow different systems, such as embedded, sensor-based, modern AI, and cloud-based systems, to cooperate efficiently. It brings more complexities to SA evaluation. Alternatively, lightweight architectural evaluation methods have been proposed to satisfy the practitioner’s concerns, but practitioners still do not adopt these methods. This study employs a systematic literature review with a text analysis of SA’s definitions to propose a comparison framework for SA. It identifies lightweight features and factors to improve the architectural evaluation methods among industrial practitioners. The features are determined based on the practitioner’s concerns by analyzing the architecture’s definitions from stakeholders and reviewing architectural evaluation methods. The lightweight factors are acquired by studying the five most commonly used lightweight methods and the Architecture-based Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM), the most well-known heavyweight method. Subsequently, the research addresses these features and factors.

show abstract

“…Various works ([11, 27, 28, 44, 45] have unearthed the "actual" DM processes as opposed to the "advertised" ones in projects with a mixed governance approach (i.e., consensus-based with dictatorship) with varied levels of detail. However, the focus of most of these works has been on decisions themselves (e.g., [46]), and not on "how" they are made [47,48]. Thus, the influence of OSS participants on how design decisions are made remains underexplored, which leads to our final research question: RQ 4: How do members from various Python roles influence PEP decision-making and does it change when someone other than the BDFL makes the decisions?…”

Section: Background and Research Questionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence of Roles in Decision-Making during OSS Development — A Study of Python

Sharma

Savarimuthu

Stanger

2021

Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Governance has been highlighted as a key factor in the success of an Open Source Software (OSS) project. It is generally seen that in a mixed meritocracy and autocracy governance model, the decision-making (DM) responsibility regarding what features are included in the OSS is shared among members from select roles; prominently the project leader. However, less examination has been made whether members from these roles are also prominent in DM discussions and how decisions are made, to show they play an integral role in the success of the project. We believe that to establish their influence, it is necessary to examine not only discussions of proposals in which the project leader makes the decisions, but also those where others make the decisions. Therefore, in this study, we examine the prominence of members performing different roles in: (i) making decisions, (ii) performing certain social roles in DM discussions (e.g., discussion starters), (iii) contributing to the OSS development social network through DM discussions, and (iv) how decisions are made under both scenarios. We examine these aspects in the evolution of the well-known Python project. We carried out a data-driven longitudinal study of their email communication spanning 20 years, comprising about 1.5 million emails. These emails contain decisions for 466 Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs) that document the language's evolution. Our findings make the influence of different roles transparent to future (new) members, other stakeholders, and more broadly, to the OSS research community. CCS CONCEPTS• Software and its engineering → Open source model.

show abstract

The Evolution of Architectural Decision Making as a Key Focus Area of Software Architecture Research: A Semi-Systematic Literature Study

Cited by 14 publications

References 185 publications

The Relationship Between Internal Employer Branding and Talent Retention: A Theoretical Investigation for the Development of a Conceptual Framework

The Relationship Between Internal Employer Branding and Talent Retention: A Theoretical Investigation for the Development of a Conceptual Framework

Lightweight Software Architecture Evaluation for Industry: A Comprehensive Review

Influence of Roles in Decision-Making during OSS Development — A Study of Python

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About