Analyzing Implementation Architecture through measures of Social Network Analysis: A case study

We present a case study of an interpretation and application of the measures in the Social Network Analysis (SNA) to comprehend the implementation architecture of a software system. The architectural structure derived from the dependencies of programming elements is considered a social network. Then, the SNA measures such as degree distribution, centrality, clustering, community, and ego network are applied to the software network. The Gephi tool has been used to collect the values of those SNA measures and also for visualization. Thevalues obtained for those measures were interpreted in the terms of potential application area of the software engineering. The interpretation of SNA measures from the case study reveals that it is useful for the developers to enhance their comprehension about the organization of program elements and source.