MetricView Evolution: Monitoring Architectural Quality. Msc thesis, Technische Universiteit

Current tooling used to analyze the quality of a software architecture focusses on a single version. The results of the metrics involved in this analysis are often visualized separately from analyzed artefact. With the creation of the MetricView tool [Ter05] it was shown that the Geographic Information System (GIS) approach to metrics visualization, in which metrics and artifact visualization is combined, is a viable alternative. We suggest two main extensions to this tool: • Abstraction from metrics using Quality Models • Enabling evolution analysis by supporting analysis of multiple versions of a model In this document the process of extending this tool and the extension itself are considered. Furthermore, the results of a usability experiment, in which the tool was tested, are presented. This experiment showed that participants found the tool useful for program understanding, quality evaluation and maturity/completeness evaluation. Although there is room for improvement with respect to usability, it confirms our beliefs that MetricView Evolution is a useful contribution.