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Chapter9<br />
Conclusion<br />
Thegoal<strong>of</strong>thisthesisistoinvestigatetechniquesthatreducetherisks<br />
<strong>and</strong>costsinvolvedintheevolution<strong>of</strong>s<strong>of</strong>twarearchitectures.Tostructure<br />
thisproblemweintroducedfours<strong>of</strong>twareevolutiontaskstobeinvestigated<br />
further:evaluation,conformancechecking,migration,<strong>and</strong>documentation.<br />
Asaconclusion,inthischapterwerevisittheresearchquestionswe<br />
raisedintheintroduction<strong>of</strong>thisthesisusingourexperiences<strong>and</strong>observationsasdiscussedinthepreviouschapters.Themainquestionwas:<br />
RQ0Howcantheevolution<strong>of</strong>s<strong>of</strong>twarearchitecturesbesupported?<br />
Belowweaddressthisquestionbyfirstdiscussingthesubquestionswe<br />
raised:<br />
RQ1Howtointegratethesupportfors<strong>of</strong>twareevolutiontasksinpractice,<br />
consideringtheinformaluse<strong>of</strong>modellinglanguages<strong>and</strong>preference<br />
forproventechnologiesinindustry?<br />
RQ2Whatistheimpact<strong>of</strong>theuse<strong>of</strong>s<strong>of</strong>twareproductlines<strong>and</strong>platforms<br />
onthesupportfors<strong>of</strong>twareevolutiontasks?<br />
RQ3Towhatextentcanthesupportfors<strong>of</strong>twareevolutiontasksbeautomatedbytheuse<strong>of</strong>model-drivenengineering?<br />
Wherethechapters<strong>of</strong>thisthesisaremainlysetupaccordingtothe<br />
s<strong>of</strong>twareevolutiontasksintroducedinChapter1,theoutline<strong>of</strong>thisconclusionisbasedonourresearchquestions.Afteralist<strong>of</strong>ourcontributions,<br />
theresultsforeach<strong>of</strong>themarediscussedinaseparatesectionbelow.We<br />
concludewithafinallist<strong>of</strong>recommendations<strong>and</strong>futurework.<br />
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