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Preserving and reusing architectural design decisions van der Ven, Jan
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Publication date: 2019
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Propositions
1. Using explicit architectural decisions as bridge between the architectural documentation and the implementation of a software system increases the understandability of the architecture.
2. Projects with less architectural documentation have faster development cycles, while the amount of documentation does not significantly influence the return on investment or the quality of the systems.
3. Software architects with more architecture experience make decisions with a higher return on investment, while architects with more development experience make decisions that result in higher quality products.
4. Pivots and business decisions often have implicit long-lasting software architecture consequences; the decision process should facilitate both to make successful products. 5. Architecture decisions, including their alternatives and rationales, can be extracted from the source code history in order to increase the confidence base for decision makers.
6. Software engineering research can use A/B testing to study human interaction in software development.
7. The rise of fake news was not caused by social media; instead, it was made possible by journalists that pretended to be independently reporting on facts.
