DecidArch v2 Companion Package

This repository is a companion page for the study:

Remco C. De Boer, Patricia Lago, Roberto Verdecchia, and Philippe Kruchten. 2019. DecidArch v2: An improved Game to teach Architecture Design Decision Making. Submitted to the 3rd International Workshop on decision Making in Software ARCHitecture (MARCH)

The study was designed, developed, and reported by the following investigators:

• Remco C. De Boer (ArchiXL)
• Patricia Lago (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
• Roberto Verdecchia (Gran Sasso Science Institute & Vrije Univeriteit Amsterdam)
• Philippe Kruchten (University of British Columbia)

For any information, interested researchers can contact us by writing an email to the corresponding investigator.

Abstract

We report on the use of our DecidArch game to teach software architecture design decision making in two consecutive years. We compare the support of three learning goals for the first version of the game with the second, improved version. The game has clearly improved. For the remaining issues, we suggest final improvements.

Replication material

This repository contains the game, survey, results, and detailed documentation of the research, available here:

1. DecidArchV2 Game Material.zip - DecidArchV2 game material and rules
2. DecidArchV2 Sudent Survey.pdf - Survey adopted for the evaluation of the the learning objectives
3. DecidArchV2 Student Survey (Responses).csv - Raw data of the survey answers