Modeling Variability in Software Process with EPF Composer and SMartySPEM: An Empirical Qualitative Study

Jaime W. Dias, Edson OliveiraJr

2016

Abstract

Nowadays, organizations are increasingly seeking to customize their software processes according to the market needs and projects experiences. Therefore, a systematic way to achieve such an objective is the Software Process Line (SPrL) technique, in which each member is a customized software process derived from a set of similarities and variabilities of process elements. Compositional and annotative approaches are most referenced for variability management. In this sense, the objective of this paper is to present a comparison between compositional and annotative approaches targeting variability representation capabilities from the point of view of practitioners and academic experts. The Eclipse Process Framework by means of the EPF Composer tool represents compositional approach, whereas SMartySPEM represents the annotative approach. The obtained results provided initial evidence that the annotative approach (SMartySPEM) takes advantage over the compositional approach (EPF).

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Dias J. and OliveiraJr E. (2016). Modeling Variability in Software Process with EPF Composer and SMartySPEM: An Empirical Qualitative Study . In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-187-8, pages 283-293. DOI: 10.5220/0005771502830293


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@conference{iceis16,
author={Jaime W. Dias and Edson OliveiraJr},
title={Modeling Variability in Software Process with EPF Composer and SMartySPEM: An Empirical Qualitative Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,},
year={2016},
pages={283-293},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005771502830293},
isbn={978-989-758-187-8},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,
TI - Modeling Variability in Software Process with EPF Composer and SMartySPEM: An Empirical Qualitative Study
SN - 978-989-758-187-8
AU - Dias J.
AU - OliveiraJr E.
PY - 2016
SP - 283
EP - 293
DO - 10.5220/0005771502830293