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Preserving and reusing architectural design decisions van der Ven, Jan
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List of Figures
1.1 An architectural diagram used in the BIOSCOPE project. . . 2
1.2 Domain model for Architectural Design Decisions . . . 7
1.3 Research Questions . . . 9
2.1 Use case diagram . . . 22
2.2 Use case 17 . . . 26
2.3 Use case 20 . . . 27
2.4 Use case 5 . . . 28
2.5 Use case 19 . . . 30
3.1 An abstract view on the software architecture design process . . . . 39
3.2 An abstract view on the rationale management process . . . 41
3.3 Similarities between software architecture design process and the rationale management process . . . 44
3.4 The architecture of a CD player with extended functionality . . . . 46
3.5 The result of the design decisions of Figure 3.4 . . . 47
3.6 The Archium design decision model . . . 50
3.7 The Updater design decision in Archium . . . 52
4.1 Overview of the paper . . . 59
4.2 The basic AK model . . . 60
4.3 The Knowledge Architect tool suite. . . 62
4.4 The Knowledge Architect Word plug-in button bar . . . 63
4.5 The Knowledge Explorer . . . 65
4.6 Overview of the approach and its validation . . . 68
4.7 A domain model for AK in documentation . . . 71
4.8 A software architecture document with colored KEs and pop-up menu for tracing the relationships of a KE . . . 74
4.9 Incompleteness information of a KE . . . 74
4.10 Average number of comments of the reviewers per situation . . . . 83
4.11 Average quality of comments of the reviewers per situation. . . 84
5.1 The Triple-A Framework . . . 100
6.1 Project and Architect Properties. . . 123
7.1 Conceptual Framework for Decision-based New Product Develop-ment . . . 136
8.1 Publicly available Component Data for the Rest Ruby Gem . . . 153
190 List of Figures
8.3 Relationships between Decisions . . . 156
8.4 Project History concerning Component Change. . . 157
8.5 The Design Decision Extraction Process . . . 159
8.6 Component Replacements . . . 160
