• Total 1500-2000 words
  • Submit day : March 27th (hopefully )
    • good day for submit
  • Team deadline : merge and improve draft
    • March 26
  • System Evolution and Driving Forces

    • (1 Person) ← Beomsu(After this is done, go pgt task)
    • Analyze the system’s historical growth
      • Plot the total number of lines over time
      • Identify periods of significant increase
    • Investigate causes and implications
      • Determine what triggered rapid growth (e.g., major feature releases, refactoring efforts)
      • Assess the impact on maintainability and performance
  • Reengineering Efforts by Original Developers (2 people) (Gaziza, Xinyang )

    • Examine past attempts to improve the system
      • Review commit history for reengineering-related changes
      • Differentiate between restructuring/refactoring and feature additions
    • Evaluate success and effectiveness
      • Identify whether past efforts reduced complexity or improved maintainability
      • Look for repeated issues that may indicate ineffective reengineering
  • Identifying Remaining Code Smells (2 People ) (Jonathan, Deepika)

    • Assess the base snapshot of the system
    • Use detection techniques
      • Analyze the downloaded version for structural or design issues
      • Apply automated tools to highlight potential code smells
      • Conduct manual reviews to identify deeper architectural problems
  • For PGT

    • you should additionally utillize relevant advanced techniques introduced in the module

Things to Consider

  • How have the system’s size and complexity changed over time?
  • How have the system’s architecture, design, and functionality changed over time?
  • What factors have influenced the system’s changes?
  • What reengineering efforts have been undertaken? For what reasons?
  • Are the existing test cases enough for regression testing? If not, why?
  • What were the outcomes of these reengineering efforts? Did they achieve their intended goals?
  • What code smells persist in the current snapshot of the System?
  • How significant are the identified code smells in terms of their impact on the system?