Four metaphors of architecture in software organizations: Finding out the meaning of architecture in practice

ISESE 2002 - Proceedings, 2002 International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 211-221

  Smolander, K ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

grounded theory; metaphor; qualitative research; software architecture; software organizations

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ARCHITECTURE DESIGNS; GROUNDED THEORY; METAPHOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PROCESS; SOFTWARE ORGANIZATION; SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84964653361     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISESE.2002.1166942     Document Type: Conference Paper

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