Diploma Thesis DIP-2013-11

BibliographyPankratz, Dimitrij: Tool Support for Software Architecture Documentation.
University of Stuttgart, Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology, Diploma Thesis (2013).
93 pages, english.
CR-SchemaD.2.1 (Software Engineering Requirements/Specifications)
D.2.2 (Software Engineering Design Tools and Techniques)
D.2.7 (Software Engineering Distribution, Maintenance, and Enhancement)
D.2.9 (Software Engineering Management)
Abstract

Large and complex software systems cannot be created in one piece. They need to be separated into manageable units, i.e., modules, which can be developed independently from each other. Precise definition and documentation of the modules and other software artifacts is essential for a successful software project. The module documentation is part of the overall software architecture documentation. However, nowadays most of the utilized tools for documenting software architectures (e.g., word processors) are not fully sufficient for this task. This thesis provides a concept for an extensible tool, which is specialized for documenting software architectures and modules. The concept supports management and visualization of explicitly definable relations, e.g., dependencies among modules or references to external implementation artifacts. Moreover, this thesis suggests a template for module documentation based on its concept. Finally, a proof of concept prototype is implemented and evaluated with promising results.

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Department(s)University of Stuttgart, Institute of Software Technology, Software Engineering
Superviser(s)Wagner, Prof. Stefan; Bogicevic, Ivan
Entry dateAugust 9, 2018
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