Microservices team practices: a systematic mapping study

Authors

  • Alan González Heredia Facultad de Estadística e Informática,Universidad Veracruzana,México
  • Jorge Octavio Ocharán Hernández Facultad de Estadística e Informática,Universidad Veracruzana,México
  • María de los Ángeles Arenas Valdés Facultad de Estadística e Informática,Universidad Veracruzana,México
  • Karen Cortés Verdín Facultad de Estadística e Informática,Universidad Veracruzana,México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/recibe.v10i1.218

Keywords:

Microservice Architecture, Development Practices, Systematic Mapping, Thematic Synthesis

Abstract

Due to the growing adoption of Microservices Architecture, a style that emphasizes the division of systems into a collection of small services with a single responsibility, there is a need to build this type of system with quality and to adapt the practices of development teams to achieve better scalability, maintainability, ease of deployment as well as greater agility and a clear separation of interests. As with other types of systems, the development of microservices brings with it different challenges that organizations must face. These challenges are related to the technical side and imply a change in the practices and organization of the development teams. This study aims to analyze the development practices carried out by the teams, the way they are organized, and the challenges they face during the development of microservices. Following a systematic literature mapping process, 26 primary studies were collected and analyzed through a thematic synthesis. The results show that teams tend to be small and cross-functional. Their practices are related to an agile and independent culture, complemented by decentralized governance and independent lifecycle models. The challenges are related to the complexity of the domain, specific aspects of the organization, and the skills that developers must-have. In conclusion, the importance of the characteristics of an organization and its development teams, the close relationship that a DevOps culture has with the development of microservices, independence, and decomposition are vital aspects that must be taken into account, and several challenges were detected where the human factor plays an important role.

Author Biographies

Alan González Heredia, Facultad de Estadística e Informática,Universidad Veracruzana,México

Estudiante de Ingeniería de Software en laUniversidad Veracruzana, se encuentra realizando prácticas profesionales eimpulsando prácticas de Ingeniería de Software en Intel Corporation. Sus áreas deinterés son la Ingeniería de Software, el Diseño y la Arquitectura de software.

Jorge Octavio Ocharán Hernández, Facultad de Estadística e Informática,Universidad Veracruzana,México

Doctor en Ciencias de la Computación por la Universidad Veracruzana y Maestro en Ingeniería de Software por la misma institución, posee además el título de Máster en Software Libre: Administrador de Redes y Sistemas Operativos por la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya y de Ingeniero en Tecnologías Estratégicas de la Información por la Universidad Anáhuac Campus Veracruz. Actualmente es profesor de tiempo completo de la Facultad de Estadística e Informática de la Universidad Veracruzana en donde realiza actividades de docencia, tutoría, vinculación e investigación desde 2017. Es miembro de la Association for Computing Machinery y de la IEEE Computer Society. Sus áreas de interés son la Ingeniería de Software, el Diseño y la Arquitectura de Software, la Ingeniería de Requisitos y los Aspectos Humanos de la Ingeniería de Software. Es un entusiasta del Software Libre y de Fuente Abierta

María de los Ángeles Arenas Valdés, Facultad de Estadística e Informática,Universidad Veracruzana,México

Maestra en Ciencias Computacionales por la Fundación Arturo Rosenblueth, México. Licenciada en Informática por la Universidad Veracruzana. Actualmente es profesor en la Facultad de Estadística e Informática de la Universidad Veracruzana. Sus intereses se centran en temas relacionados con la Ingeniería de Software, en especial con la Ingeniería de Requisitos.

Karen Cortés Verdín, Facultad de Estadística e Informática,Universidad Veracruzana,México

Doctora en Ciencias de la Computación Doctorado y Maestra en Ingeniería de Software por el Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas (CIMAT) A.C. en Guanajuato México. M.Sc Information Systems Engineering, por la University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester Reino Unido. Actualmente es profesora de tiempo completo en la Licenciatura en Ingeniería de Software de la Universidad Veracruzana (UV), en Xalapa Veracruz México. Cuenta con diplomados en Enseñanza Superior, Propiedad Intelectual, Redes, Diseño Curricular y Habilidades del Pensamiento. Sus áreas de interés son Líneas de Productos de Software, Arquitecturas de Software, Orientación a Aspectos, Orientación a Concerns, Calidad de Software y Procesos de Software.

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2021-09-02

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González Heredia, A., Ocharán Hernández, J. O., Arenas Valdés, M. de los Ángeles ., & Verdín, K. C. (2021). Microservices team practices: a systematic mapping study. ReCIBE, Electronic Journal of Computing, Informatics, Biomedical and Electronics, 10(1), C2–26. https://doi.org/10.32870/recibe.v10i1.218

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