Literature review studies are essential and form the foundation for any type of research.
They serve as the point of departure for those seeking to understand a research topic, as …

Context Software architecture design creates and documents the high-level structure of a
software system. Such structure, expressed in architectural models, comprises software …

Context Despite past empirical research in software architecture decision making, we have
not yet systematically studied how to perform such empirical research. Software architecture …

The new era of information and the needs of our society require continuous change in
software and technology. Changes are produced very quickly and software systems require …

Decision-making is a key software engineering skill. Developers constantly make choices
throughout the software development process, from requirements to implementation. While …

Background: Microservices migrations are challenging and expensive projects with many
decisions that need to be made in a multitude of dimensions. Existing research tends to …

The restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic required software development teams
to adapt, being forced to work remotely and adjust the software engineering activities …

Software quality attributes (eg, security, performance) influence software architecture design
decisions, eg, when choosing technologies, patterns or tactics. As software developers are …

Software systems evolve over their lifetime. Changing conditions, such as requirements or
customer requests make it inevitable for developers to perform adjustments to the underlying …

In large software engineering projects, designing software systems is a collaborative
decision-making process where a group of architects and developers make design …