Visualizing Software Architectural Design Decisions

Authors:
Larix Lee;Philippe Kruchten
Affiliations:
University of British Columbia,;University of British Columbia,
Venue:
ECSA '08 Proceedings of the 2nd European conference on Software Architecture
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Software architecture can be represented as a set of design decisions. Exploring and analyzing architectural design decisions are difficult due to how the decisions are represented and displayed. We describe four visualization aspects that apply to architectural design decision exploration and analysis: 1) tabular listing; 2) decision structure visualization; 3) decision chronology visualization; and 4) decision impact visualization. These aspects address some situations where visualization helps people understand and utilize decisions.