Architecture Analysis Tools to Support Evolution of Large Industrial Systems

This paper describes an architecture analysis tool-set supporting the evolutionary improvement of the software architecture of an existing medical imaging system. The toolset has been developed in co-operation of Philips Research1 and Philips Medical Systems. The medical imaging system at hand is a large and software intensive system. Improvements to its architecture will lead to many development and business benefits, provided the improvements can be made efficiently and without major disruptions. The major challenge in supporting these improvements was finding a technical solution that fits well with the organization and processes of the development department. We came up with an approach that enables the migration to be performed in small increments and in line with the existing processes and procedures established to meet requirements for patient safety and other qualities. Our tools provide relevant information about the current status and recent trends in the software archit...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2002
• Where: ICSM
• Authors: Tobias Rötschke, René L. Krikhaar
• Keywords: Architecture Analysis, ICSM 2002, Medical Imaging, Software Architecture, Software Engineering