Visualization of feature-traceability in variant-rich systems
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Software engineering and technology (MPSOF), MSc
Publicerad
2019
Författare
SOLBACK, ANTON
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Purpose. Feature-traceability is defined as the ability to trace features and the
different aspects of it in code. Variant-rich systems are systems that have many
variants, such as software product lines. Feature-traceability in variant-rich systems
is hard, as a result, the purpose of this thesis is to suggest views that will improve
feature-traceability and other feature related problems in variant-rich systems.
Methods. The purpose was achieved by performing a literature survey, then, by
following a design science methodology, views for improved feature-traceability was
conceived. These conceived views were successively evaluated and improved upon
further.
Result. The result of this thesis is an analysis of the current state of featuretraceability
in research, concept views that present ideas of what could be implemented
in a feature-traceability tool. Additionally, an open-source plugin for the
integrated development environment Eclipse called Feature Dashboard. Feature
Dashboard enables the user to, not only, trace features to their implementation, but
to get information such as which features are implemented in the same file, observe
where in the folder structure a feature is located, metrics about features, feature
metrics for folders/files, and inspect which features are shared between projects.
Conclusion. This thesis shows that Feature Dashboard can be used to improve
feature-traceability, maintainability, understandability, and other feature management
related tasks for a project. As Feature Dashboard is open source, it offers
a platform that enables future researchers to, either implement new views or to
compare the result of Feature Dashboard to other views. Furthermore, anyone can
suggest improvements and extend it with additional functionality, thus benefiting
everyone.
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feature , feature-traceability , visualization , eclipse , plugin , variants , SPL