Effects of Architecture and Technical Development Process on Micro-process

Current software development methodologies (such as agile and RUP) are largely management-centred, macro-process life-cycle models. While they may include some fine-grained micro-process development practices, they usually provide little concrete guidance on appropriate micro-process level dayto-day development activities. The major factors that affect such micro-process activities are not well understood. We propose that software architecture and technical development processes are two major factors. We describe how these two factors affect micro-process activities. We validate our claim by mining micro-processes from two commercial projects and investigating relationships with software architecture and technical development processes.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ISPW
• Authors: Liming Zhu, D. Ross Jeffery, Mark Staples, Ming Huo, Tu Tak Tran
• Keywords: ISPW 2007, Major Factors, Micro-process Activities, Software Engineering, Technical Development Processes