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Satrio Adi Rukmono

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arXiv2025

An Explanation of Software Architecture Explanations

Software architecture knowledge transfer is essential for software development, but related documentation is often incomplete or ambiguous, making oral explanations a common means. Our broader aim is to explore how such explanations might be better supported and eventually automated; as a prerequisite, we first investigate how explanations are actually conducted in practice across five areas: explanation topics, explanation plans, supporting artefacts, typical questions, and expectations and challenges. We report on semi-structured interviews with 17 software professionals across diverse organisations and countries. Our findings include that explanations must balance problem- and technical-domain while considering the explainee's role, experience, and goals. Moreover, explainees frequently seek not only structure and behaviour, but also decision rationale. We propose the Explanation Window, a framework for focusing information by adjusting functionality scope and detail, and emphasise the importance of including system context. These findings provide an empirical basis for improving architecture explanations and guiding future work on tool support and automation.

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arXiv2024

Systematizing Modeler Experience (MX) in Model-Driven Engineering Success Stories

Modeling is often associated with complex and heavy tooling, leading to a negative perception among practitioners. However, alternative paradigms, such as everything-as-code or low-code, are gaining acceptance due to their perceived ease of use. This paper explores the dichotomy between these perceptions through the lens of ``modeler experience'' (MX). MX includes factors such as user experience, motivation, integration, collaboration \& versioning and language complexity. We examine the relationships between these factors and their impact on different modeling usage scenarios. Our findings highlight the importance of considering MX when understanding how developers interact with modeling tools and the complexities of modeling and associated tooling.

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arXiv2024

Human Factors in Model-Driven Engineering: Future Research Goals and Initiatives for MDE

Purpose: Software modelling and Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) is traditionally studied from a technical perspective. However, one of the core motivations behind the use of software models is inherently human-centred. Models aim to enable practitioners to communicate about software designs, make software understandable, or make software easier to write through domain-specific modelling languages. Several recent studies challenge the idea that these aims can always be reached and indicate that human factors play a role in the success of MDE. However, there is an under-representation of research focusing on human factors in modelling. Methods: During a GI-Dagstuhl seminar, topics related to human factors in modelling were discussed by 26 expert participants from research and industry. Results: In breakout groups, five topics were covered in depth, namely modelling human aspects, factors of modeller experience, diversity and inclusion in MDE, collaboration and MDE, and teaching human-aware MDE. Conclusion: We summarise our insights gained during the discussions on the five topics. We formulate research goals, questions, and propositions that support directing future initiatives towards an MDE community that is aware of and supportive of human factors and values.

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