Industry Practices and Challenges for the Evolvability Assurance of Microservices: A Systematic Grey Literature Review
This repository contains all publicly available artifacts related to a systematic grey literature review (GLR) about the evolvability assurance of microservices in industry. We selected and analyzed 295 practitioner online resources obtained via Google, Bing, and selected StackExchange communities. The study took place in 2020 from January to April.
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 quality of their microservices and assurance processes and what parts do they see as challenging?
