This repository contains all publicly available artifacts related to a qualitative interview study about the evolvability assurance of Microservices in the German industry. We conducted 17 individual interviews with software professionals from 10 companies and talked with them about 14 systems with Microservices characteristics. The study took place in October and November, 2018.
Analyze the applied evolvability assurance
For the purpose of knowledge generation
With respect to common practices and challenges
From the viewpoint of software professionals
In the context of Microservices in industry
RQ1: How do software professionals structure the general evolvability assurance activities for Microservices and for what reasons?
RQ2: What tools, metrics, and patterns do software professionals use for assuring the evolvability of Microservices and with what rationales?
RQ3: How do software professionals perceive the evolution qualities of Microservices as well as their assurance process and what parts are seen as challenging?
- Interview Preamble
- Interview Guide
- Interview Artifacts
- Coding System and Frequencies
- Case Characterization Matrix
- Individual Case Descriptions
CAVEAT: Since this interview study comprises more topics than touched in this publication, some interview artifacts have been shortened to only include the relevant information.