Abstract:
Researchers have been given significant attention to sharing architectural knowledge in the software industries. Unfortunately, studies directly concentrated on the Sri Lankan software industry are difficult to locate and there is currently a gap in literature regarding the sharing of architectural knowledge in Sri Lankan software companies. Quantitative study method is used in
chosen software companies to perform the study with development team employees. SPSS tool
was analyse to data. This study aims to fill this gap by evaluating current status of architectural
knowledge sharing behaviour, technique and strategy for architectural knowledge sharing in Sri
Lankan software industries using an empirical investigation. Agile methodologies concentrate
on team level collaboration, and some techniques for inter-team architectural knowledge sharing
have also proved to be successful. But these techniques focus on within-team and between-team
architectural knowledge sharing in the organization. The survey focuses on architectural knowledge sharing within agile teams and between the team with company colleagues. To identify
the architectural knowledge sharing techniques, strategies, applied and challenges faced by the
practitioners in agile software development growing software companies in Sri Lanka. In agile
software development, collaboration and coordination depend on the communication, which is
the key to success. Questionnaire was designed considering factors based on the previous literature covering dependent variable; architectural knowledge sharing practices; and independent
variables; communication, agile techniques, organizational culture, quality and relationships.
Structural equation modelling is used to analyse data, in order to assess both measurement
model and structural model. According to findings, hypothesised associations with communication, agile techniques, organizational culture were identified to have a significant impact
on architectural knowledge sharing practices while, quality and relationships do not represent
an important relationship. Findings further emphasize techniques, strategies and motivation
sources of architectural knowledge sharing in agile software development.
