Research on Super-flexible Software Architecture Modelling Mechanism for Agile Development

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K00106
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Software
• Research Institution: Shibaura Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Noda Natsuko 芝浦工業大学, デザイン工学部, 准教授 (60707701)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KISHI Tomoji 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (30422661)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ソフトウェアアーキテクチャ / アスペクト指向 / モデリング / ソフトウェアプロダクトライン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed a modeling mechanism for super-flexible software architecture, which realize agility in large-scale software development such as software product lines without requiring any changes on software architecture when various types of changes on specification and/or environments are needed.
After surveys on the relationship between agile development and software architecture, we confirmed that aspect-oriented technologies are effective to make software architecture flexible. Based on this confirmation and knowledge, we developed an aspect-oriented modeling mechanism for software architecture. We confirmed its effectiveness in some cases of product line architecture developments.

Free Research Field

ソフトウェア工学