Applied Artifact-Based Analysis for Architecture Consistency Checking

Springer eBooks, pp. 61–85

Abstract

Abstract The usage of models within model-driven software development aims at facilitating complexity management of the system under development and closing the gap between the problem and the solution domain. Utilizing model-driven software development (MDD) tools for agile development can also increase the complexity within a project. The huge number of different artifacts and relations, their different kinds, and the high degree of automation hinder the understanding, maintenance, and evolution within MDD projects. A systematic approach to understand and manage MDD projects with a focus on its artifacts and corresponding relations is necessary to handle the complexity. The artifact-based analysis presented in this paper is such an approach. This paper gives an overview of different contributions of the artifact-based analysis but focuses on a specific kind of analysis: architecture consistency checking of model-driven development projects. By applying this kind of analyses, differences between the desired architecture and the actual architecture of the project at a specific point in time can be revealed.

Authors 3

1. Timo Greifenberg corresponding Aachen Software Engineering

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Software Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

2. Steffen Hillemacher corresponding Aachen Software Engineering

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Software Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

3. Katrin Hölldobler corresponding Aachen Software Engineering

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Software Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany