Generative AI for Software Architecture. Applications, Trends, Challenges, and Future Directions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13310v1
• Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:49:30 GMT
• Title: Generative AI for Software Architecture. Applications, Trends, Challenges, and Future Directions
• Authors: Matteo Esposito, Xiaozhou Li, Sergio Moreschini, Noman Ahmad, Tomas Cerny, Karthik Vaidhyanathan, Valentina Lenarduzzi, Davide Taibi,
• Abstract summary: We aim to systematically synthesize the use, rationale, contexts, usability, and future challenges of GenAI in software architecture.<n>Our review identified significant adoption of GenAI for architectural decision support and architectural reconstruction.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Context: Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is transforming much of software development, yet its application in software architecture is still in its infancy, and no prior study has systematically addressed the topic. Aim: We aim to systematically synthesize the use, rationale, contexts, usability, and future challenges of GenAI in software architecture. Method: We performed a multivocal literature review (MLR), analyzing peer-reviewed and gray literature, identifying current practices, models, adoption contexts, and reported challenges, extracting themes via open coding. Results: Our review identified significant adoption of GenAI for architectural decision support and architectural reconstruction. OpenAI GPT models are predominantly applied, and there is consistent use of techniques such as few-shot prompting and retrieved-augmented generation (RAG). GenAI has been applied mostly to initial stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), such as Requirements-to-Architecture and Architecture-to-Code. Monolithic and microservice architectures were the dominant targets. However, rigorous testing of GenAI outputs was typically missing from the studies. Among the most frequent challenges are model precision, hallucinations, ethical aspects, privacy issues, lack of architecture-specific datasets, and the absence of sound evaluation frameworks. Conclusions: GenAI shows significant potential in software design, but several challenges remain on its path to greater adoption. Research efforts should target designing general evaluation methodologies, handling ethics and precision, increasing transparency and explainability, and promoting architecture-specific datasets and benchmarks to bridge the gap between theoretical possibilities and practical use.

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