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Towards Precise Architectural Decision Models

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One of the modern approaches for documenting software architecture is to show the architectural design decisions that led an architect to the final form of software architecture. However, decisions that have been made in such a process may need to be changed during further evolution and maintenance of the software architecture. The main reasons for these changes are new or changed requirements. In our team we have developed a graphical modelling notation for documenting architectural decisions, called Maps of Architectural Decisions, that can support the process of making changes in the software architecture. In this work we define a formal background for the controlled process of making changes in architectural decision models that are documented using that notation.

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  1. Institute of Control and Computation Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 15/19, 00-665, Warsaw, Poland

    Marcin Szlenk

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  1. , Institute of Computer Engineering, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Janiszewskiego 11/17, Wrocław, 50-372, Poland

    Wojciech Zamojski

  2. , Institute of Computer Engineering, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Janiszewskiego 11/17, Wrocław, 50-372, Poland

    Jacek Mazurkiewicz

  3. , Institute of Computer Engineering, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Janiszewskiego 11/17, Wrocław, 50-372, Poland

    Jarosław Sugier

  4. , Institute of Computer Engineering, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Janiszewskiego 11/17, Wrocław, 50-372, Poland

    Tomasz Walkowiak

  5. , Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Newelska 6, Warszawa, 01-447, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk

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Szlenk, M. (2013). Towards Precise Architectural Decision Models. In: Zamojski, W., Mazurkiewicz, J., Sugier, J., Walkowiak, T., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) New Results in Dependability and Computer Systems. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 224. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00945-2_41

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