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| Author(s): |
Vinícius Augusto Tagliatti Zani
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC/SB) |
| Defense date: | 2013-03-04 |
| Examining board members: |
Elisa Yumi Nakagawa;
Fabio Kon;
José Carlos Maldonado
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| Advisor: | Elisa Yumi Nakagawa |
| Abstract | |
Software architectures and reference architectures have been playing a significant role in determining the success of software systems. In particular, reference architectures have emerged, achieving well-recognized understanding of specific domains, promoting reuse of design expertise and facilitating the development of systems. In another perspective, agile methods have been widely adopted as a promising iterative, incremental and collaborative software development process, including by the software industry. However, it is observed that reference architectures have not been widely used together with agile methods. Therefore, the main advantage of reference architectures, i.e., the reuse of knowledge contained in such architectures, has not been combined with the agility promoted by these methods. In this sense, the main objective of this master´s project was to establish an agile software development process, named AGIRA, that aims at exploring the advantages of the use of reference architectures. The evaluation of the process was done in two parts. The first one was through the conduction of an action case with students of a Software Architecture course in the University of Bolzano. The second part of the evaluation was done in the industry context, through the conduction of a survey with experts in software architecture and agile methods. Results point out that AGIRA has potential to be used by the industry and, consequently, reference architectures can be used in the context of agile methods (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/05380-0 - An agile software development process based on reference architecture |
| Grantee: | Vinícius Augusto Tagliatti Zani |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |