Abstract Context: Traceability in Software Product Lines (SPL) is the ability to interrelate
software engineering artifacts through required links to answer specific questions related to …

Despite the abundance of research on methodologies for the documentation of design
decisions and the evidence linking documentation to the improvement in the systems …

Abstract Verification approaches for Software Product Lines (SPL) aim at detecting variability-
related defects and inconsistencies. In general, these analyses take a significant amount of …

Abstract Context Software Product Line Engineering implies the upfront design of a Product-
Line Architecture (PLA) from which individual product applications can be engineered. The …

Although architecture instability has been studied and measured using a variety of metrics, a
deeper analysis of which project parts are less stable and how such instability varies over …

Organizations introduce changes to adapt themselves to the extremely changing context.
These changes often impact business and information technology (IT) domains. In most of …

Change impact analysis (CIA) is a specialized process of program comprehension that
investigates the ripple effects of a code change in a software system. In this paper, we …

Software architectures are affected by evolution cycles when requirements or the system
change. When architectural elements are modified other parts of the design can be impacted …

Software architecture is a key factor to scale up Agile Software Development (ASD) in large
software-intensive systems. Currently, software architectures are more often approached …

Software-intensive vehicles require regular over-the-air (OTA) updates. To ensure that OTA
updates do not compromise system safety, such updates should be assured. Automotive …