The perception of Architectural Smells in industrial practice

Architectural Technical Debt (ATD) is considered as the most significant type of TD in industrial practice. In this study, we interview 21 software engineers and architects to investigate a specific type of ATD, namely architectural smells (AS). Our goal is to understand the phenomenon of AS better...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2021-10
Hauptverfasser: Sas, Darius, Pigazzini, Ilaria, Paris Avgeriou, Francesca Arcelli Fontana
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Zusammenfassung:Architectural Technical Debt (ATD) is considered as the most significant type of TD in industrial practice. In this study, we interview 21 software engineers and architects to investigate a specific type of ATD, namely architectural smells (AS). Our goal is to understand the phenomenon of AS better and support practitioners to better manage it and researchers to offer relevant support. The findings of this study provide insights on how practitioners perceive AS and how they introduce them, the maintenance and evolution issues they experienced and associated to the presence of AS, and what practices and tools they adopt to manage AS.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2110.06750