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Identifying Collaborative Aspects During Software Product Lines Scoping

Authors:

Marta Cecilia Camacho Ojeda,

Francisco Álvarez Rodriguez,

César A. CollazosAuthors Info & Claims

SPLC '19: Proceedings of the 23rd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference - Volume B

Pages 98 - 105

https://doi.org/10.1145/3307630.3342420

Published: 09 September 2019 Publication History

Abstract

The software product line engineering (SPLE) is a reuse strategy that allows software companies to save effort when they develop products with common features. There, the software product line scoping is one of most essential and complex activities because (1) a correct scope for the line has a high impact in its success and (2) it implies an interdisciplinary activity involving stakeholders with different visions about the products. In this paper, we report an exploratory study aimed to identify problems related to the collaborative work at scoping SPL in practice. We studied problems related to the participation and interaction of stakeholders in projects where groups of students must develop SPLs of serious video games for training employees in a company. Our study revealed problems related to low levels of communication, participants with different project objectives and stakeholders requesting different types of programs. Problems that are exacerbated by the staff rotation and inconveniences scheduling working sessions. In addition, our study revealed other problems regarding developers misunderstandings the artifacts related to the scope and their use in the further development activities. In this paper, we also present the first version of a collaborative method for SPL scoping, which seeks to combine scoping practices with collaborative patterns and thinkLets, with this combination we seek the effective participation of the required roles in this activity.

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Gómez JRuiz PAgredo Delgado VCamacho M(2024)Approach for Feature Models Definition in Software Product Lines Based on Collaborative WorkHuman-Computer Interaction10.1007/978-3-031-57982-0_7(77-92)Online publication date: 23-Apr-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57982-0_7
Marchezan LRodrigues EAssunção WBernardino MBasso FCarbonell J(2022)Software product line scopingJournal of Systems and Software10.1016/j.jss.2021.111189186:COnline publication date: 1-Apr-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.jss.2021.111189

Index Terms

Identifying Collaborative Aspects During Software Product Lines Scoping
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Collaboration in software development
    2. Software development techniques
      1. Reusability
        Software product lines

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SPLC '19: Proceedings of the 23rd International Systems and Software Product Line Conference - Volume B

September 2019

252 pages

ISBN:9781450366687

DOI:10.1145/3307630

Editors:
Carlos Cetina
University San Jorge, Spain
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Oscar Díaz
University of the Basque Country, Spain
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Laurence Duchien
University Lille, France
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Marianne Huchard
University of Montpellier, France
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Rick Rabiser
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
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Camille Salinesi
University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
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Christoph Seidl
TU Braunschweig, Germany
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Xhevahire Tërnava
Sorbonne University, France
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Leopoldo Teixeira
Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
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Thomas Thüm
TU Braunschweig, Germany
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Tewfik Ziadi
Sorbonne University, France

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Gómez JH. Ruiz PAgredo Delgado VCamacho M(2024)Collaborative Approach for Feature Models in Software Product LinesEnfoque colaborativo para modelos de características en líneas de productos de softwareTecnoLógicas10.22430/22565337.300127:60(e3001)Online publication date: 16-Aug-2024
https://doi.org/10.22430/22565337.3001
Gómez JRuiz PAgredo Delgado VCamacho M(2024)Approach for Feature Models Definition in Software Product Lines Based on Collaborative WorkHuman-Computer Interaction10.1007/978-3-031-57982-0_7(77-92)Online publication date: 23-Apr-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57982-0_7
Marchezan LRodrigues EAssunção WBernardino MBasso FCarbonell J(2022)Software product line scopingJournal of Systems and Software10.1016/j.jss.2021.111189186:COnline publication date: 1-Apr-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.jss.2021.111189

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