<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Software product line architecture is one of the most important artifacts defined at the early stage of a product line development process. Since the rest of the products are developed based on the initial product line architecture, it is of high importance to ensure the architecture stability by enabling the software’s evolution possibilities. Industrial evidence shows that companies spend more resources on maintaining and evolving their architecture and products than on the initial development of them. Hence, there is a need for flexible software architecture that stays stable as the requirements evolve. In this paper we propose a structural model, some architecture quality metrics, case-based reasoning methodology to predict the architectural stability and a feature model for business applications. The goal of the proposed architecture model is to develop a framework for business applications development and evaluating the stability of product line architectures in the face of changes in requirements.</p></abstract>

Software product line architecture is one of the most important artifacts defined at the early stage of a product line development process. Since the rest of the products are developed based on the initial product line architecture, it is of high importance to ensure the architecture stability by enabling the software’s evolution possibilities. Industrial evidence shows that companies spend more resources on maintaining and evolving their architecture and products than on the initial development of them. Hence, there is a need for flexible software architecture that stays stable as the requirements evolve. In this paper we propose a structural model, some architecture quality metrics, case-based reasoning methodology to predict the architectural stability and a feature model for business applications. The goal of the proposed architecture model is to develop a framework for business applications development and evaluating the stability of product line architectures in the face of changes in requirements.

Business Applications Architecture Model Based on Software Product Line Approach

Adriacom Software Inc., Stablinac 4/58, Vodice, Croatia

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology

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Software product line architecture is one of the most important artifacts defined at the early stage of a product line development process. Since the rest of...

Business Applications Architecture Model Based on Software Product Line Approach

Data publikacji: 08 sie 2013

Zakres stron: 90 - 97

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2013-0015

Słowa kluczowe
software product lines, feature model, architecture, case-based reasoning, metrics

This content is open access.

Business Applications Architecture Model Based on Software Product Line Approach

Data publikacji: 08 sie 2013

Zakres stron: 90 - 97

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2013-0015

Słowa kluczowesoftware product lines, feature model, architecture, case-based reasoning, metrics

This content is open access.

Słowa kluczowe
software product lines, feature model, architecture, case-based reasoning, metrics