An Incremental Model Projection Applied to Streamline Software Architecture Assessment and Monitoring

Salim Kadri, Sofiane Aouag and Djalal Hedjazi
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Salim Kadri: University of Batna 2, Algeria
Sofiane Aouag: University of Batna 2, Algeria
Djalal Hedjazi: University of Batna 2, Algeria

International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design (IJISMD), 2021, vol. 12, issue 3, 27-43

Abstract: Managing software architecture represents a big challenge throughout the development lifecycle. The complexity of the involved structural elements and the relations among them make the specified models look oversized and fuzzy, which makes the architecture incomprehensible, hard to maintain, and difficult to assess its quality. This paper's goal is to propose a powerful methodology for simplifying and reducing models' complexity to increase understandability, smoothing maintenance, and facilitating architecture monitoring and assessment. For this purpose, the authors rely heavily on two major concepts, multi-view modeling, and incremental model projection. The multi-viewing requires that all models must have two main views to describe the architecture and the mapping to its relevant quality attributes. The incremental projection is a methodology used to specialize and minimize models progressively to make them simpler and clearer. The results show that projecting models incrementally can reduce and narrow them significantly.

Date: 2021
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