Using Architectural Constraints to Drive Software Component Reuse While Adding and Enhancing Features: In a Global Software Engineering Team

2016 IEEE 11th International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE) Pub Date : 2016-08-01 DOI:10.1109/ICGSE.2016.23

S. Vaikar, Madan Mohan Jha, Felix Brunner

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We develop integrated systems that consist of software and hardware components with a lifespan ranging from 10-15 years. During the life span of these systems, market needs change significantly due to technological advancements, environmental needs, and cultural preferences. Cost of change of software vis-à-vis hardware is a big driver which often leads to the introduction of change to software for meeting evolving market expectations. The biggest advantage of software-'easy adaptability'-is also its biggest drawback, because it makes software susceptible tochange. Hence, designing software is extremely challenging specially in Globally Distributed Software Development (GDSD). In this practice paper, we share our approach of leveraging the constraints of software architecture, the challenges encountered and lessons learnt which enabled higher software reuse when adding and enhancing features while reducing overall costs and shrinking time to market for a Globally Distributed Software Development team.

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在增加和增强功能的同时，使用架构约束来驱动软件组件重用:在一个全球软件工程团队中

我们开发的集成系统由软件和硬件组成，使用寿命从10年到15年不等。在这些系统的生命周期内，由于技术进步、环境需求和文化偏好，市场需求会发生重大变化。软件变更成本vs -à-vis硬件是一个很大的驱动因素，它经常导致软件变更的引入，以满足不断变化的市场期望。软件最大的优点——“易于适应”——也是它最大的缺点，因为它使软件易受变化的影响。因此，设计软件是极具挑战性的，特别是在全球分布式软件开发(GDSD)中。在这篇实践论文中，我们分享了我们利用软件架构约束的方法，遇到的挑战和吸取的教训，这些方法在为全球分布式软件开发团队增加和增强功能的同时降低了总体成本并缩短了上市时间，从而实现了更高的软件重用。

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