Using composite feature models to support agile software product line evolution

  • Authors:
  • Simon Urli;Mireille Blay-Fornarino;Philippe Collet;Sébastien Mosser

  • Affiliations:
  • UNS, CNRS, Nice, France;UNS, CNRS, Nice, France;UNS, CNRS, Nice, France;SINTEF ICT, Oslo, Norway

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Models and Evolution
  • Year:
  • 2012

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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.