Eray TÜZÜN, Görkem GİRAY, Bedir TEKİNERDOĞAN, Yagup MACİT

Yazılım Ürün Hattı Mühendisliği Sürecinin Essence Çerçevesi ile Modellenmesi

Literatürde birçok yazılım ürün hattı mühendisliği (YÜHM) yöntemi tarif edilmiş olmasına rağmen bu yöntemlerin pratikte uygulanması çoğu zaman kolay olmamaktadır. YÜHM'in beklenen hedeflerini gerçekleştirmek ve yöntemleri doğru uygulamak için hem yöntemleri hem de yapısal öğeleri tam olarak anlamak gereklidir. Essence çerçevesi, son zamanlarda plan güdümlü yöntemler ve çevik yöntemler de dahil olmak üzere geniş bir alana yayılmış yazılım geliştirme yöntem setinin modellemesi için önerilmektedir. Şu ana kadar, sadece tekil sistem geliştirme yöntemine uygulanan Essence çerçevesi henüz YÜHM yöntemleri için uygulanmamıştır. Bu çalışmada, YÜHM yöntemlerinin daha iyi anlaşılmasını sağlamak ve uyarlaması konusunda bir vizyon oluşturmak için seçilen YÜHM yönteminin Essence çerçevesi ile modellenmesi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda, Essence çerçevesi ve YÜHM hakkında elde edilmiş olan deneyim ve öğrenilmiş dersler, endüstriyel olarak HAVELSAN bağlamında, sunulmuştur.

Modeling Software Product Line Engineering with Essence Framework

Although several software product line engineering (SPLE) methods have been described in the literature, adopting these methods in practice is often not straightforward. Thorough understanding of the methods and their artefacts is necessary to apply the methods in a proper manner, and likewise realize the expected goals of SPLE. Recently the Essence framework has been proposed to model the essential elements of a method and to support the modeling of a broad set of software development methods including plan-driven methods and agile methods. So far, the Essence framework has been applied to single system development methods and not yet for SPLE methods. To enhance the understanding of SPLE methods and support a vision for tailoring SPLE methods, we provide a mapping of an SPLE method to the Essence framework. We present experiences about modeling an SPLE method using the Essence framework within the industrial context of Havelsan.

Keywords:

Essence Framework Software Product Line Engineering (SPLE), Process modelling, Software Product Lines, software engineering processes,

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