کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
459980 696299 2010 17 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Decision support for moving from a single product to a product portfolio in evolving software systems
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی کامپیوتر شبکه های کامپیوتری و ارتباطات
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Decision support for moving from a single product to a product portfolio in evolving software systems
چکیده انگلیسی

Successful software systems continuously evolve to accommodate ever-changing needs of customers. Accommodating the feature requests of all the customers in a single product increases the risks and costs of software maintenance. A possible approach to mitigate these risks is to transition the evolving software system (ESS) from a single system to a portfolio of related product variants, each addressing a specific customers’ segment. This evolution should be conducted such that the extent of modifications required in ESS's structure is reduced. The proposed method COPE+ uses preferences of customers on product features to generate multiple product portfolios each containing one product variant per segment of customers. Recommendations are given to the decision maker to update the product portfolios based on structural analysis of ESS. Product portfolios are compared with the ESS using statechart representations to identify the level of similarity in their behaviors. A proof of concept is presented by application to an open-source text editing system. Structural and behavioral analysis of candidate portfolios helped the decision maker to select one portfolio out of three candidates.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Systems and Software - Volume 83, Issue 12, December 2010, Pages 2496–2512
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