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A Rationale-based Model for Architecture Design Reasoning

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4.3. Summary<br />

4.3 Summary<br />

<strong>Design</strong> rationale research has been ongoing <strong>for</strong> over two decades but its adoption by the<br />

industry is still questionable. As such, software engineering research in this area is still in<br />

the early stages of problem identification and concept <strong>for</strong>mulation. In this thesis, we have<br />

identified six research questions. The current state of the industry (questions 1,2 and 3)<br />

are validated by using a survey method and a statistical analysis.<br />

The methodology to address the effectiveness of architecture design rationale representation<br />

(question 4) is validated in an empirical study by comparing it with traditional<br />

design specifications. The other two research questions on the application of architecture<br />

design rationale (questions 5 and 6) are implemented and demonstrated by using an<br />

industry example.<br />

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