Variability in software architecture

✍ Scribed by Galster, Matthias; Avgeriou, Paris; Weyns, Danny; Männistö, Tomi

• Book ID: 125515161
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
• Year: 2011
• Weight: 277 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0163-5948
• DOI: 10.1145/2020976.2020978

✦ Synopsis

Variability in software-intensive systems is usually understood as the ability of a software artifact to be changed in order to fit different contexts, environments, or purposes. Software architecture on the other hand determines the structure of a software system, and is described in an architecture description. This description includes the major stakeholders of a software system and their concerns. Variability is reflected in and facilitated through the software architecture. The First International Workshop on Variability in Software Architecture (VARSA) was held jointly with WICSA 2011 in Boulder, Colorado. The goal of the workshop was to explore and advance the state-of-the art in variability in software architecture. It featured four research paper presentations, two invited talks, and three working groups that discussed specific topics. This report summarizes the themes of the workshop, presents the results of the working group discussions, and suggests topics for further research.