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Variability Representation in Software Process with the SMartySPEM Approach

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Different notations can be used to model software processes. This set of notations typically does not have constructs that are appropriate for expressing process variability. Variability in software process models justifies tailoring them to meet the specific goals and characteristics of organizations and projects. Recent studies propose techniques and tools based on software process line (SPrL) to systematically manage the variability found during the maintenance and reuse of software processes. Although this research area is still not consolidated, some approaches found in the literature can be considered promising, as SMartySPEM. This chapter presents an overview of the SPrL by highlighting important aspects for variability management. In this context, an approach called SMartySPEM is presented. It extends the SPEM profile to specify variabilities in SPrLs considering the SMarty approach for variability management.

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The authors would like to thank CAPES/Brazil (PROCAD Grant number 071/2013) and FAPESP/Brazil (Grant number 2012/04053-9) for supporting this work.

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    Maicon Pazin, Jaime Dias & Edson OliveiraJr

  2. Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte, Academic Department of Administration and Information Technology, Natal, RN, Brazil

    Fellipe Araújo Aleixo

  3. Informatics and Applied Mathematics Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

    Uirá Kulesza

  4. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Eldânae Nogueira Teixeira

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Pazin, M., Dias, J., OliveiraJr, E., Aleixo, F.A., Kulesza, U., Teixeira, E.N. (2023). Variability Representation in Software Process with the SMartySPEM Approach. In: OliveiraJr, E. (eds) UML-Based Software Product Line Engineering with SMarty. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18556-4_17

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