The Presence and the State-of-Practice of Software Architects in the Brazilian Industry - A Survey

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00955v1
• Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 20:10:37 GMT
• Title: The Presence and the State-of-Practice of Software Architects in the Brazilian Industry - A Survey
• Authors: Valdemar Vicente Graciano Neto, Diana Lorena Santos, Andrey Gon\c{c}alves Fran\c{c}a, Rafael Z. Frantz, Edson de Oliveira-Jr, Ahmad Mohsin, Mohamad Kassab
• Abstract summary: The aim of this work is to understand the characteristics of the companies regarding the presence or absence of software architects in Brazil. The study collected data from 105 professionals distributed in 24 Brazilian states.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Context: Software architecture intensely impacts the software quality. Therefore, the professional assigned to carry out the design, maintenance and evolution of architectures needs to have certain knowledge and skills in order not to compromise the resulting application. Objective: The aim of this work is to understand the characteristics of the companies regarding the presence or absence of software architects in Brazil. Method: This work uses the Survey research as a means to collect evidence from professionals with the software architect profile, besides descriptive statistics and thematic analysis to analyze the results. Results: The study collected data from 105 professionals distributed in 24 Brazilian states. Results reveal that (i) not all companies have a software architect, (ii) in some cases, other professionals perform the activities of a software architect and (iii) there are companies that, even having a software architecture professional, have other roles also performing the duties of such a professional. Conclusions: Professionals hired as software architects have higher salaries than those hired in other roles that carry out such activity, although many of those other professionals still have duties that are typical of software architects.

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