Table 3 An excerpt of the template survey for software architects to gather evidence about Aspects 1 and Aspect 5 of RA projects
Type of question | Question |
|---|---|
Questions about the classification of the RA. | What do you understand by RA? |
What was the objective of the project? | |
Which was the client organization’s problem that motivated the project? | |
What was the relationship with the client organization during the design and maintenance of the RA? | |
Questions about the business qualities of the RA for the client organization. | What benefits does the client organization experience from adopting your RA? And developers from using it? |
Which problems does the client organization experience from adopting your RA? And developers from using it? | |
How the training for the client organization was conducted in order to them use your RA? | |
Did the use of your RA cause any organizational change in the client organization? | |
How does the use of your RA reduce the time-to-market of RA-based applications in the client organization? | |
What types of non-functional requirements are reinforced because of using your RA in applications? | |
To sum up, what conclusions do you draw from the facilities provided by your RA for the client organization? | |
Questions about the business qualities of the RA for the IT consulting firm (optional). | How is your RA based on an RM and any other existing architectural knowledge and software components in your company? |
What do you think should be replaced, included or updated in prospective versions of the RM? | |
To sum up, what conclusions do you draw from the facilities provided by the RM for the IT consulting firm? |