Checklist-based Inspection of SMarty Variability Models - Proposal and Empirical Feasibility Study

Ricardo T. Geraldi, Edson Oliveira Jr., Tayana Conte, Igor Steinmacher

2015

Abstract

Software inspection is a particular type of software review applied to all life-cycle artifacts and follows a rigorous and well-defined defect detection process. Existing literature defines several inspection techniques for different domains. However, they are not for inspecting product-line UML variability models. This paper proposes SMartyCheck, a checklist-based software inspection technique for product-line use case and class variability models according to the SMarty approach. In addition, it presents and discusses the empirical feasibility of SMartyCheck based on the feedback from several experts. It provides evidence of the SMartyCheck feasibility, as well as to improve it, forming a body of knowledge for planning prospective empirical studies and automation of SMartyCheck.

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T. Geraldi R., Oliveira Jr. E., Conte T. and Steinmacher I. (2015). Checklist-based Inspection of SMarty Variability Models - Proposal and Empirical Feasibility Study . In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-097-0, pages 268-276. DOI: 10.5220/0005350102680276


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@conference{iceis15,
author={Ricardo T. Geraldi and Edson Oliveira Jr. and Tayana Conte and Igor Steinmacher},
title={Checklist-based Inspection of SMarty Variability Models - Proposal and Empirical Feasibility Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2015},
pages={268-276},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005350102680276},
isbn={978-989-758-097-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - Checklist-based Inspection of SMarty Variability Models - Proposal and Empirical Feasibility Study
SN - 978-989-758-097-0
AU - T. Geraldi R.
AU - Oliveira Jr. E.
AU - Conte T.
AU - Steinmacher I.
PY - 2015
SP - 268
EP - 276
DO - 10.5220/0005350102680276