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Metrics to Measure the Change Impact in ATL Model Transformations

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Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2014)

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Abstract

The Model-Driven Development (MDD) shifts the focus on code to models in the software development process. In MDD, model transformations are elements that play important role. In the software process, MDD projects evolve as changes in their transformations are frequent. Before applying changes it is important to measure their impacts in the transformation. However, currently no technique helps practitioners in this direction. In this work, we conducted an exploratory study to identify the criteria used by practitioners to measure the impact of changes in model transformations. As a result, we propose a set of metrics to measure such impacts. By measuring the change impact, practitioners can (i) save effort and development time for estimating costs to apply changes; and (ii) better schedule and prioritize changes according to the impact.

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  1. Department of Computer and Systems, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

    Andreza Vieira & Franklin Ramalho

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  1. Fraunhofer IESE, Fraunhofer-Platz 1, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Andreas Jedlitschka

  2. Department of Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, FI-90014, Finland

    Pasi Kuvaja

  3. The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moeller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense, Denmark

    Marco Kuhrmann

  4. Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland

    Tomi Männistö  & Jürgen Münch  & 

  5. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Aalto University, 00076, Aalto, Finland

    Mikko Raatikainen

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Vieira, A., Ramalho, F. (2014). Metrics to Measure the Change Impact in ATL Model Transformations. In: Jedlitschka, A., Kuvaja, P., Kuhrmann, M., Männistö, T., Münch, J., Raatikainen, M. (eds) Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. PROFES 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8892. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13835-0_18

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