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Benefits and drawbacks of software reference architectures: A case study

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Martínez Fernández, Silverio JuanMés informacióMés informacióMés informació
Ayala Martínez, Claudia PatriciaMés informacióMés informacióMés informació
Franch Gutiérrez, JavierMés informacióMés informacióMés informació
Martins Marques, Helena
Document typeArticle
Defense date2017-08-01
Rights accessOpen Access
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Context: Software Reference Architectures (SRAs) play a fundamental role for organizations whose business greatly depends on the efficient development and maintenance of complex software applications. However, little is known about the real value and risks associated with SRAs in industrial practice. Objective: To investigate the current industrial practice of SRAs in a single company from the perspective of different stakeholders. Method An exploratory case study that investigates the benefits and drawbacks perceived by relevant stakeholders in nine SRAs designed by a multinational software consulting company. Results: The study shows the perceptions of different stakeholders regarding the benefits and drawbacks of SRAs (e.g., both SRA designers and users agree that they benefit from reduced development costs; on the contrary, only application builders strongly highlighted the extra learning curve as a drawback associated with mastering SRAs). Furthermore, some of the SRA benefits and drawbacks commonly highlighted in the literature were remarkably not mentioned as a benefit of SRAs (e.g., the use of best practices). Likewise, other aspects arose that are not usually discussed in the literature, such as higher time-to-market for applications when their dependencies on the SRA are managed inappropriately. Conclusions: This study aims to help practitioners and researchers to better understand real SRAs projects and the contexts where these benefits and drawbacks appeared, as well as some SRA improvement strategies. This would contribute to strengthening the evidence regarding SRAs and support practitioners in making better informed decisions about the expected SRA benefits and drawbacks. Furthermore, we make available the instruments used in this study and the anonymized data gathered to motivate others to provide similar evidence to help mature SRA research and practice.
CitationMartínez, S., Ayala, C.P., Franch, X., Martins , H. Benefits and drawbacks of software reference architectures: A case study. "Information and software technology", 1 Agost 2017, vol. 88, p. 37-52. 
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/2117/106022
DOI10.1016/j.infsof.2017.03.011
ISSN0950-5849
Publisher versionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584916304438
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