On the notion of variability in software product lines

Author

van Gurp, J. ; Bosch, Jan ; Svahnberg, Mikael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Groningen Univ., Netherlands

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

54

Abstract

The authors discuss the notion of variability. We have experienced that this concept has so far been underdefined, although we have observed that variability techniques become increasingly important. A clear indication of this trend is the recent emergence of software product lines. Software product lines are large, industrial software systems intended to specialize into specific software products. The authors provide a framework of terminology and concepts regarding variability. In addition, they present three recurring patterns of variability. Finally, they suggest a method for managing variability in software product lines

Keywords

DP industry; software development management; software packages; large industrial software systems; recurring variability patterns; software product line variability; terminology; variability techniques; Computer industry; Computer science; Delay effects; Mathematics; Runtime; Software architecture; Software design; Software engineering; Software reusability; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Architecture, 2001. Proceedings. Working IEEE/IFIP Conference on

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1360-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WICSA.2001.948406

Filename

948406