TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Fritzsch, Jonas
A1  - Bogner, Justus
A1  - Haug, Markus
A1  - Wagner, Stefan
A1  - Zimmermann, Alfred
T1  - Towards an architecture-centric methodology for migrating to microservices
N2  - The euphoria around microservices has decreased over the years, but the trend of modernizing legacy systems to this novel architectural style is unbroken to date. A variety of approaches have been proposed in academia and industry, aiming to structure and automate the often long-lasting and cost-intensive migration journey. However, our research shows that there is still a need for more systematic guidance. While grey literature is dominant for knowledge exchange among practitioners, academia has contributed a significant body of knowledge as well, catching up on its initial neglect. A vast number of studies on the topic yielded novel techniques, often backed by industry evaluations. However, practitioners hardly leverage these resources. In this paper, we report on our efforts to design an architecture-centric methodology for migrating to microservices. As its main contribution, a framework provides guidance for architects during the three phases of a migration. We refer to methods, techniques, and approaches based on a variety of scientific studies that have not been made available in a similarly comprehensible manner before. Through an accompanying tool to be developed, architects will be in a position to systematically plan their migration, make better informed decisions, and use the most appropriate techniques and tools to transition their systems to microservices.
KW  - software architecture
KW  - refactoring
KW  - microservices
Y1  - 2022
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-40124
U6  - https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2207.00507
DO  - https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2207.00507
SP  - 8
S1  - 8
PB  - Cornell Universiy
CY  - Ithaca, New York
ER  -