UML Support for Designing Software Product Lines: The Package Merge Mechanism

: Software product lines have become a successful but challenging approach to software reuse. Some of the problems that hinder the adoption of this development paradigm are the conceptual gap between the variability and design models, as well as the complexity of the traceability management between them. Most current development methods use UML stereotypes or modify UML to face variability and traceability issues. Commercial tools focus mainly on code management, at a fine-grained level. However, the use of specialized

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: JUCS
• Authors: Miguel A. Laguna, José M. Marqués
• Keywords: JUCS 2010, Most Current Development, Software Product Lines, Traceability Management