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Model-driven planning and monitoring of long-term software product line evolution

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VaMoS '13: Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2430502.2430527

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In order to increase the level of efficiency and automation, we propose a conceptual model and corresponding tool support to plan and manage the systematic evolution of software-intensive systems, in particular software product lines (SPL). We support planning on a high abstraction level using decision-making concepts like goals, options, criteria, and rationale. We extend earlier work by broadening the scope in two dimensions: 1) in time, supporting continuous planning over long periods of time and many releases, and 2) in space, supporting traces from high-level decisions down to the implementation. We present a metamodel which allows to represent these concepts, corresponding prototypical tool support, and a first example case using data extracted from an open-source project, Eclipse SWT.

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VaMoS '13: Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems

January 2013

136 pages

ISBN:9781450315418

DOI:10.1145/2430502

General Chair:
Stefania Gnesi
ISTI-CNR, Italy
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Philippe Collet
Université Nice Sophia Antipolis - CNRS/I3S, France
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Klaus Schmid
University of Hildesheim, Germany

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