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 …

The phenomenon of Global Software Development (GSD) has attracted the interest of
businesses all over the world. It brings together partners from various national and corporate …

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 …

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

Selecting appropriate styles for software architectures is important as styles impact
characteristics of software (eg reliability). Moreover, styles influence how software is built as …

The software system design phase has recently received increasing attention due to
continuous growth in both the size and complexity of software systems. As a key concept of …

Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Utrecht op gezag van
de rector magnificus, prof. dr. HRBM Kummeling, ingevolge het besluit van het college voor …

For the design and integration of complex systems-of-systems, various architectural
decisions for recurring design problems need to be made. This requires that the software …

Agile methods and architectural modelling have been considered to be mutually exclusive.
On the one hand, agile methods try to reduce overheads by avoiding activities that do not …

Nowadays, software development processes are usually based on methods which use
styles of software architecture. Indeed, software development styles differently support …