Analysis of the Business Effects of Software Architecture Refactoring in an Automotive Development Organization

2010 36th EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications Pub Date : 2010-09-01 DOI:10.1109/SEAA.2010.13

Sara Dersten, Joakim Fröberg, J. Axelsson, R. Land

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This paper presents an exploratory study of an automotive manufacturer, which develops embedded software for over 150 products and has adopted a company-wide software product-line approach. The company is facing the introduction of a new software architecture in all products in near time. This architecture introduces new paradigms more explicitly, such as explicit software components and signal-based communication, newer technologies, and adheres to new standards. Concretely, the architecture consists of common infrastructure and other generic components. Such a fundamental and drastic technology change can be expected to have far-reaching consequences, both of technical and non-technical nature. In this study we systematically investigate the introduction of the new software architecture, by mapping individual elements of the architectural change to system properties and company functions. The study implies that the whole organization is affected, and the new architecture also influences the cooperation with suppliers.

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某汽车开发组织软件架构重构的业务效应分析

本文对一家汽车制造商进行了探索性研究，该制造商为150多种产品开发嵌入式软件，并采用了全公司范围的软件产品线方法。该公司正面临在不久的将来在所有产品中引入新的软件架构的问题。该体系结构更明确地引入了新的范例，例如明确的软件组件和基于信号的通信、更新的技术，并遵循新的标准。具体地说，体系结构由公共基础设施和其他通用组件组成。可以预期，这种根本性和剧烈的技术变革将产生技术和非技术性质的深远影响。在本研究中，我们通过将体系结构变更的单个元素映射到系统属性和公司功能，系统地研究了新软件体系结构的引入。研究表明，整个组织都受到了影响，新的架构也影响了与供应商的合作。

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