Architecture Design Decisions in Distributed Teams: An Assessment of Tool Support

Mahum Adil, Ilenia Fronza, Outi Sieve-Korte, Claus Pahl

2023

Abstract

Background. Global Software Engineering (GSE) teams develop software artifacts across multiple locations. Designing and maintaining software in such a setting requires continuous collaboration to record design decisions between distributed teams. The literature presents different architecture design decision (ADD) tools to support design thinking and decision-making. However, recent studies highlight the challenges of managing ADDs in a distributed environment. Aim. This study aims to present a list of assessment metrics to evaluate whether existing ADD tools support distributed collaborative design (DCD) in the GSE environment. Method. We used Goal-Question-Metric (GQM) method and expert survey to define and validate the assessment metrics. Result. Six assessment metrics are presented to evaluate ADD tool support for DCD in the GSE environment. Conclusion. The tool analysis based on assessment metrics provides insights into the current practices used for ADD process and its conformance to the distributed environment.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Adil M., Fronza I., Sieve-Korte O. and Pahl C. (2023). Architecture Design Decisions in Distributed Teams: An Assessment of Tool Support. In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-648-4, SciTePress, pages 65-74. DOI: 10.5220/0011848000003467

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis23,
author={Mahum Adil and Ilenia Fronza and Outi Sieve-Korte and Claus Pahl},
title={Architecture Design Decisions in Distributed Teams: An Assessment of Tool Support},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2023},
pages={65-74},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011848000003467},
isbn={978-989-758-648-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - Architecture Design Decisions in Distributed Teams: An Assessment of Tool Support
SN - 978-989-758-648-4
AU - Adil M.
AU - Fronza I.
AU - Sieve-Korte O.
AU - Pahl C.
PY - 2023
SP - 65
EP - 74
DO - 10.5220/0011848000003467
PB - SciTePress