Towards metamodel support for variability and traceability in software product lines

  • Authors:
  • Yguaratã Cerqueira Cavalcanti;Ivan do Carmo Machado;Paulo Anselmo da Mota;Silveira Neto;Luanna Lopes Lobato;Eduardo Santana de Almeida;Silvio Romero de Lemos Meira

  • Affiliations:
  • Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil;Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil;Reuse in Software Engineering;Reuse in Software Engineering;Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil;Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil;Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Variability Modeling of Software-Intensive Systems
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

In Software Product Lines (SPL), where a greater variety of products are derived from a common platform and constantly changed and evolved, it is important to manage the SPL variability and the traceability among its artifacts. This paper presents a metamodel which aims to coordinate SPL activities, by managing different SPL phases and their responsibles, and to maintain the traceability and variability among different artifacts. The metamodel was built for a SPL project in a private company working in the medical information management domain, which includes four products encompassing 102 different modules and 840 features. The metamodel is divided into five sub-models: project and risk management, scoping, requirements and testing. It is represented in the UML notation. Organizations using this metamodel as basis for their approaches, can easily understand the relationships between the SPL assets, communicate to the stakeholders, and facilitate the evolution and maintenance of the SPL. The metamodel can also be adapted to the single system development context.