Applying Variability Management in the Development of a Complex SaaS System: Real Experience and Findings

Leticia González Folgueira, Oscar Pedreira, Ángeles Saavedra Places, Fernando Silva-Coira

2018

Abstract

In this work, we present the complex problem of the variability that has a SaaS application for Home Care System that we have developed. We detail how was the management of this variability that was increasing as the number of clients grew (currently more than 130 companies use our application of Home Care Service in different municipalities). Thanks to the fact that the different needs of these companies and municipalities were managed from the beginning as points of variability, we were able to undertake the development of variations in the functionalities of the developed software. We also present the variability management tool that we have developed to give autonomy to the platform's marketing team. Finally, we highlight the lessons learned and present an approach to evaluating the cost of managing variability.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Folgueira L., Pedreira O., Places Á. and Silva-Coira F. (2018). Applying Variability Management in the Development of a Complex SaaS System: Real Experience and Findings.In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: APMDWE, ISBN 978-989-758-324-7, pages 391-397. DOI: 10.5220/0007234103910397

in Bibtex Style

@conference{apmdwe18,
author={Leticia González Folgueira and Oscar Pedreira and Ángeles Saavedra Places and Fernando Silva-Coira},
title={Applying Variability Management in the Development of a Complex SaaS System: Real Experience and Findings},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: APMDWE,},
year={2018},
pages={391-397},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007234103910397},
isbn={978-989-758-324-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: APMDWE,
TI - Applying Variability Management in the Development of a Complex SaaS System: Real Experience and Findings
SN - 978-989-758-324-7
AU - Folgueira L.
AU - Pedreira O.
AU - Places Á.
AU - Silva-Coira F.
PY - 2018
SP - 391
EP - 397
DO - 10.5220/0007234103910397