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- Title
Uncovering sustainability concerns in software product lines.
- Authors
Chitchyan, Ruzanna; Groher, Iris; Noppen, Joost
- Abstract
Sustainable living, ie, living within the bounds of the available environmental, social, and economic resources, is the focus of many present-day social and scientific discussions. But what does sustainability mean within the context of software engineering? In this paper, we undertake a comprehensive analysis of 8 case studies to address this question within the context of a specific software engineering approach, software product line engineering (SPLE). We identify the sustainability-related characteristics that arise in present-day studies that apply SPLE. We conclude that technical and economic sustainability are in prime focus on the present SPLE practice, with social sustainability issues, where they relate to organisations, also addressed to a good degree. On the other hand, the issues related to the personal sustainability are less prominent, and environmental considerations are nearly completely amiss. We present feature models and cross-relations that result from our analysis as a starting point for sustainability engineering through SPLE, suggesting that any new development should consider how these models would be instantiated and expanded for the intended sociotechnical system. The good representation of sustainability features in these models is also validated with 2 additional case studies.
- Subjects
SUSTAINABILITY; SOFTWARE product line engineering; SOFTWARE engineering; NEW product development; SUSTAINABLE development
- Publication
Journal of Software: Evolution & Process, 2017, Vol 29, Issue 2, pn/a
- ISSN
2047-7473
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/smr.1853