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Using composite feature models to support agile software product line evolution

Abstract

Managing continuous change in a Software Product Line (SPL) is one of the challenges now faced by the SPL engineering community. On the one hand, the SPL paradigm captures the intrinsic variability of a software based on a systemic vision of the software to model. On the other hand, Agile Software Development advocates the incremental development of software based on constant interaction with a customer community. In this paper, we present an approach based on Composite Feature Models (CFM) to support the agile evolution of a SPL. This study is driven by the refactoring of a daily used application (information broadcasting system), in the context of a nationally funded project. Preliminary results show that CFMs support the incremental development of a SPL based on interactions with a community, tackling the challenge of SPL continuous evolution.

Category

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Simon Urli
  • Mireille Blay-Fornarino
  • Philippe Collet
  • Sébastien Mosser

Affiliation

  • France
  • SINTEF Digital / Sustainable Communication Technologies

Year

2012

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Book

ME '12 Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Models and Evolution

ISBN

978-1-4503-1798-6

Page(s)

21 - 26

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