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VMTools-RA: a Reference Architecture for Software Variability Tools

Allian, Ana P. ; Silva, Leandro F. ; OliveiraJr, Edson ; Nakagawa, Elisa Y.

J.UCS (Annual print and CD-ROM archive ed.), 2023-01, Vol.29 (7), p.649-690 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Bristol: Pensoft Publishers

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    VMTools-RA: a Reference Architecture for Software Variability Tools
  • Author: Allian, Ana P. ; Silva, Leandro F. ; OliveiraJr, Edson ; Nakagawa, Elisa Y.
  • Subjects: Computer software industry ; Software ; Software development
  • Is Part Of: J.UCS (Annual print and CD-ROM archive ed.), 2023-01, Vol.29 (7), p.649-690
  • Description: Currently, software systems must be appropriately developed to support an amount of variability for accommodating different requirements. To support such development, a diversity of tools has already been designed for variability management (i.e., identification, modeling, evaluation, and realization). However, due to this diversity, there is a lack of consensus on what in fact software variability tools are and even what functionalities they should provide. Besides that, the building of new tools is still an effort- and time-consuming task. To support their building, we present VMTools-RA, a reference architecture that encompasses knowledge and practice for developing and evolving variability tools. Designed in a systematic way, VMTools-RA was evaluated throughout: a controlled experiment with software developer practitioners; and an instantiation of the VMTools-RA architecture to implement a software variability tool, named SMartyModeling. As a result, VMTools-RA is evidenced to be feasible and it can be considered an important contribution to the software variability and developers of variability-intensive software systems community, which require specific tools developed in a faster manner with less risk, what a reference architecture could provide.
  • Publisher: Bristol: Pensoft Publishers
  • Language: English
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