What we know about software architecture styles in continuous delivery and devops?

Maya Daneva; Robin Bolscher

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-52991-8_2

What we know about software architecture styles in continuous delivery and devops?

Maya Daneva^*, Robin Bolscher

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper takes a software architect’s perspective to DevOps/CD and attempts to provide a consolidated view on the architecture styles for which empirical publications indicate to be suitable in the context of DevOps and CD. Following techniques from the evidence-based software engineering paradigm, we set out to answer a number of research questions pertaining to (1) the architecture characteristics important in DevOps/CD projects according to published literature, (2) the architectural styles found to work well in this context, (3) the application domains in which architecture characteristics and styles were evaluated, and (4) the empirical method being used by researchers on this topic. We applied a research protocol grounded on well-established systematic literature review guidelines, and evaluated sources published between 2009 and 2019. Our results indicate that (a) 17 software architecture characteristics are beneficial for CD and DevOps adoption, (b) micro-services are a dominant architectural style in this context, and (c) large-scale organizational contexts are the most studied, and (d) qualitative approaches (case study based) are the most applied research method.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Software Technologies
Subtitle of host publication	14th International Conference, ICSOFT 2019, Prague, Czech Republic, July 26–28, 2019, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Marten van Sinderen, Leszek A. Maciaszek
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	26-39
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-52991-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-52990-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52991-8_2
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	14th International Conference on Software Technologies, ICSOFT 2019 - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 26 Jul 2019 → 28 Jul 2019 Conference number: 14

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	1250
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference on Software Technologies, ICSOFT 2019
Abbreviated title	ICSOFT
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	26/07/19 → 28/07/19

Keywords

Continuous delivery
Continuous integration
Deployability
DevOps
Micro-services
Software architecture
Systematic literature review
22/2 OA procedure

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Daneva, M., & Bolscher, R. (2020). What we know about software architecture styles in continuous delivery and devops? In M. van Sinderen, & L. A. Maciaszek (Eds.), Software Technologies: 14th International Conference, ICSOFT 2019, Prague, Czech Republic, July 26–28, 2019, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 26-39). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1250). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52991-8_2

Daneva, Maya ; Bolscher, Robin. / What we know about software architecture styles in continuous delivery and devops?. Software Technologies: 14th International Conference, ICSOFT 2019, Prague, Czech Republic, July 26–28, 2019, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Marten van Sinderen ; Leszek A. Maciaszek. Cham : Springer, 2020. pp. 26-39 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Daneva, M & Bolscher, R 2020, What we know about software architecture styles in continuous delivery and devops? in M van Sinderen & LA Maciaszek (eds), Software Technologies: 14th International Conference, ICSOFT 2019, Prague, Czech Republic, July 26–28, 2019, Revised Selected Papers. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1250, Springer, Cham, pp. 26-39, 14th International Conference on Software Technologies, ICSOFT 2019, Prague, Czech Republic, 26/07/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52991-8_2

What we know about software architecture styles in continuous delivery and devops? / Daneva, Maya; Bolscher, Robin.

Software Technologies: 14th International Conference, ICSOFT 2019, Prague, Czech Republic, July 26–28, 2019, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Marten van Sinderen; Leszek A. Maciaszek. Cham : Springer, 2020. p. 26-39 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1250).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review