Documentation as Format to Challenge Software Architecture in Extreme Programming Method

Kamyar abdolmohamadi , Mansour esmaeilpour , Mohammad Mehdi shirmohammadi

As we know the software development methods are divided into two old and agile methods. Old methods which are based on design and program have many problems regarding the changes. Change of customer needs from system, change in technology development, and change in software development environment facing the software development to serious problems. Agile methods are samples of software development methods which emphasize on rapid progress, speed, and flexibility regarding the changes. But these methods also have weak points. Agile methods have diverse ways to development which one of the most popular one is extreme programming concerning its operation. This method also has both challenges and weaknesses. One of these challenges is related to little attention to qualitative characteristics and software architecture activities. Different solutions are suggested to solve this challenge. Each of these solutions has its own weaknesses and fails to present a suitable approach. In this article, we are going to present an approach to solve this challenge. The suggested approach is designed in a way which tries to find a relation between architecture and challenge way, and achieve to both qualitative characteristics and software architecture advantages so that it is compliant with the values and agility principles of extreme programming.