An introduction to evolution of large systems based on software architectures

From its very inception, the study of software architecture has recognized architectural decay as a regularly occurring phenomenon in long-lived systems. Architectural decay is caused by repeated, sometimes careless changes to a system during its ...

Software systems are increasingly constructed on top of a software platform by adding and composing components that more often than not are developed by external actors. Those platforms project into software systems their own architecture and concepts ...

While orginizations have invested millions of dollars on their software systems and it is impossible to produce systems of any size that do not need to be changed, software evolution for requirement change is gettingmore and more important. So far, most ...