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Architectural Dependency Analysis: Addressing the Elephant in the Room.

Dependency analysis is typically limited to the static analysis of code structures. We applied this practice to safety-critical systems that were re-engineered to reduce safety testing and technology upgrade cost. We discuss the need for a well-defined description of architectural dependencies to ad...

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Published in:Computer (00189162) Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 73 - 79
Main Authors: Sangwan, Raghvinder S., Nord, Robert L., Ozkaya, Ipek
Format: Article
Published: IEEE Mar2021
Subjects:
Software engineering
Software measurement
Computer software development
Software architecture
Application software
Elephants
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Dependency analysis is typically limited to the static analysis of code structures. We applied this practice to safety-critical systems that were re-engineered to reduce safety testing and technology upgrade cost. We discuss the need for a well-defined description of architectural dependencies to address the observed gaps.