Scenario‐based decision making for architectural variability in product families

Abstract

In this article, we present a systematic approach towards decision making for variability in product families in the context of uncertainty. Our approach consists of the following ingredients: A suitable set of architectural views that bridge the gap between customer needs and available technology, a multiview variation modeling technique, the selection of several scenarios of different kinds, and a quantitative analysis of quality aspects for these scenarios.

Requirements modeling languages for software product lines: A systematic literature review

“…[70] It deals with variability at architectural level for SPLs and takes into consideration the functional and quality properties.…”

A Method for Strategic Scenario-Based Architecting

“…Successful architectures are considered to be those that can survive over a long period of time, and are therefore able to adapt constantly to new market requirements [3], [16]. However, experience shows that it is impossible to build a flexible architecture that can deal equally well with any future change.…”

“…If a box is noted with an 'F', it represents a new feature added to the CathLab for optimizing its workflow. More on variation modeling can be found in [2] and [3].…”

“…Finally, the proposed architectures are described by means of architectural scenarios. An architectural scenario is a set of specific and consistent choices from the various variation models [3].…”

“…For describing the architectural solutions, in our case study we chosen to use an in-house model consisting of five views, namely Customer, Application, Functional, Conceptual and Realization (CAFCR) [1] [16]. For dealing with the possible variations within each view we use variation models [2] [3]. Finally, the proposed architectures are described by means of architectural scenarios.…”