Uncovering sustainability concerns in software product lines

Chitchyan, Ruzanna, Groher, Iris and Noppen, Joost (2017) Uncovering sustainability concerns in software product lines. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 29 (2). ISSN 2047-7481

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Abstract

Sustainable living, i.e., 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 SE 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 socio-technical system. The good representation of sustainability features in these models is also validated with two additional case studies.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sustainability,software product line engineering,case study analysis,text analysis
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Data Science and Statistics
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	18 Jan 2017 00:02
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 08:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/62126
DOI:	10.1002/smr.1853

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