Editing Software architecture (section)

=== Software architecture recovery ===
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Software architecture recovery (or reconstruction, or [[reverse engineering]]) includes the methods, techniques, and processes to uncover a software system's architecture from available information, including its implementation and documentation. Architecture recovery is often necessary to make informed decisions in the face of obsolete or out-of-date documentation and 
[[#Software architecture erosion|architecture erosion]]: implementation and maintenance decisions diverging from the envisioned architecture.<ref>
Lungu, M. "Software architecture recovery", University of Lugano, 2008. 
http://www.slideshare.net/mircea.lungu/software-architecture-recovery-in-five-questions-presentation
</ref> Practices exist to recover software architecture as [[static program analysis]]. This is a part of the subjects covered by the [[software intelligence]] practice.