Documentation-as-code for Interface Control Document Management in Systems of Systems: a Technical Action Research Study

The architecting of Systems of Systems (SoS), that is, of systems that emerge from the cooperation of multiple independent constituent systems, is a topic of increasing interest in both industry and academia. However, recent empirical studies revealed what seems to be an overlooked aspect of the architecting of SoS that is linked to major integration and operational issues: the interplay between the various disciplines involved in such an architecting process. This aspect becomes particularly relevant for the management of the interfaces between the SoS constituents, where such disciplines inevitably meet. In this paper, we present the results of the f irst cycle of a Technical Action Research (TAR) study conducted in cooperation between the authors and a group of practitioners involved in the long-running architecting process of a largescale radio astronomy SoS project. This TAR is aimed at exploring potential improvements of the document-centered interface management approach currently followed in this project by adopting elements of the documentation-as-code philosophy, which is widely adopted in the domain of software systems. As a result, a working proof-of-concept of an ICD (Interface Control Document) management approach was developed by the researchers and evaluated by the practitioners. The results of the study and the corresponding lessons learned are reported in this work.

• Autores: Cadavid, Héctor; Andrikopoulos, Vasilios; Avgeriou, Paris
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2022
• Institución: Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional ECI
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.escuelaing.edu.co:001/3153
• Acceso en línea: https://repositorio.escuelaing.edu.co/handle/001/3153; https://repositorio.escuelaing.edu.co/
• Palabra clave: Ingeniería de sistemas de sistemas; Análisis de sistemas; Systems of Systems Engineering; System analysis; Integración de sistemas; Systems integration; Systems of Systems; Control Documents; Documentation as code technical; Action Research; Sistemas de sistemas Interfaz; Control Documentos; Documentación como código Técnico; Investigación para la Acción
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2