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Traditionally, the quality of a software or system architecture has been evaluated in the early stages of the development process using architecture quality evaluation methods. Emergent approaches like Industry 4.0 require continuous monitoring of both run‐time and development‐time quality properties, in contrast to traditional systems where quality is evaluated at specific milestones using techniques...
Owing to the increasing amount of computation in electromechanical devices, the role of software architect is often found in embedded-systems development. However, because computer scientists usually have limited knowledge of embedded-systems concepts such as controllers, actuators, and buses, embedded-software architects are often engineers with no education in software architecture basics, which...
Although traceability information is vital to many software engineering activities, agile development approaches rarely use it because of the extra effort required. In this industry case study, the authors report the results of applying their lightweight semiautomated method that integrates traceability into software architecture developed with an agile process like Scrum.
In the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) domain, specific systems have been developed and applied to enable people with specific needs, such as elderly or disabled people, to live longer independently in their familiar residential environments. In order to support the development of such systems, a range of AAL platforms have been developed in recent years. However, there are considerable differences...
Currently, the size and complexity of software systems, as well as critical time to market, demand new approaches from Software Engineering discipline for building such systems. In this context, the use of reference architectures and product line architectures is becoming a common practice. However, both of these concepts are sometimes mistakenly seen as the same thing; it is also not clearly established...
Despite imposing strict recommendations to be considered during the specification of safety requirements, standards and regulations do not provide guidance to be used throughout the creation of these artifacts. In practice, each safety requirement specification has heterogeneous structures, usually based on the experience of the engineers involved in the specification process. Consequently, it becomes...
We have investigated approaches in the literature to assess the quality of the software architectures of medical devices, and have found evidence that there is a lack of methodologies for evaluating the software architecture design aspects of medical devices that might affect system safety. Such evidences were identified when evaluating the software architecture of the FDA Generic Infusion Pump searching...
Agile processes emphasize iterative delivery rather than assuming the definition of all detailed requirements and architecture up front. This "just enough" approach generally considers user stories and acceptance tests as sufficient documentation for successful system development. However, industry practices have shown that this minimalism is appropriate for projects with short duration...
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