Architecture Reconstruction Case Study
• Technical Note
Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-2003-TN-008DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6572021.v1Topic or Tag
Abstract
This report outlines an architecture reconstruction carried out at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) on a software system called VANISH that was developed for prototyping visualizations. The goals of the reconstruction were to understand the existing VANISH system and to use a new architecture reconstruction tool, called ARMIN, for the reconstruction, while ensuring that ARMIN has at least the same capabilities as the Dali Architecture Reconstruction Workbench.
During the reconstruction several architectural views were generated through abstraction of low-level information extracted from the system. These views show the components of the system and the interfaces among them. The ARMIN tool provides the ability to visualize, navigate, and manipulate the set of views generated, and yields results technically compatible with the Dali Workbench but with improved presentation and layout.
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Case Studies in Software Architecture
Cite This Technical Note
Software Engineering Institute (2003, April 1). Architecture Reconstruction Case Study. (Technical Note CMU/SEI-2003-TN-008). Retrieved February 19, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572021.v1.
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Software Engineering Institute. "Architecture Reconstruction Case Study." (CMU/SEI-2003-TN-008). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, April 1, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572021.v1.
Software Engineering Institute, "Architecture Reconstruction Case Study," Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library. Software Engineering Institute, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2003-TN-008, 1-Apr-2003 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572021.v1. [Accessed: 19-Feb-2025].
Software Engineering Institute. "Architecture Reconstruction Case Study." (Technical Note CMU/SEI-2003-TN-008). Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute's Digital Library, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Apr. 2003. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572021.v1. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
Software Engineering Institute. Architecture Reconstruction Case Study. CMU/SEI-2003-TN-008. Software Engineering Institute. 2003. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6572021.v1