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Software systems have constantly increased in size and complexity. At the same time, software architecture also grows and becomes difficult to maintain leading to failures or abandonment of systems. According to Mirroring Hypothesis (MH), the organizational structure of the development team is a mirror of software architecture. So, the importance in understanding what changes in social structure can impact in the software architecture is crucial to avoid architectural problems. This work compares modularity metrics, applied to open-source systems, with the structure of developers inside the organization. The results show the relationship between the architecture and organization and contribute to guide the evolution and maintenance of systems.
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Siebra, B., Anjos, E., Rolim, G. (2014). Study on the Social Impact on Software Architecture through Metrics of Modularity. In: Murgante, B., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2014. ICCSA 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8583. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09156-3_43
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