| Title: | A product quality impacts of a mobile software product line : an empirical study |
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| Authors: | ID Pavlič, Luka (Author)
ID Beranič, Tina (Author)
ID Heričko, Marjan (Author) |
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| Files: |  Pavlic-2021-A_product_quality_impacts_of_a_mob.pdf (2,46 MB)
MD5: 81BF6DB6CF1D66E5976330D9B3560B81
 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.434
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FERI - Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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| Abstract: | Background: The software product lines (SPL) enable development teams to fully address a systematic reuse of shared assets to deliver a family of similar software products. Mobile applications are an obvious candidate for employing an SPL approach. This paper presents our research outcomes, based on empirical data from an industry-level development project. Two development teams were confronted with the same functionalities set to be delivered through a family of native mobile applications for Android and iOS.
Methods: Empirical data was gathered before, during and after a year of full-time development. The data demonstrate the impact of a SPL approach by comparing the SPL and non-SPL multiple edition development. One family of products (Android apps) was developed using an SPL approach, while another (iOS apps), functionally the same, was developed without employing an SPL approach. The project generated a volume of raw and aggregated empirical data to support our research questions.
Results: The paper reports a positive impact of an SPL approach on product quality (internal and external) and feature output per week. As data shows, it also increases the delivery of functionalities (240% in 6 more editions), while investing the same amount of effort needed for a single-edition development. As a result of system-supported separation of development and production code, developers had a high confidence in further development. On the other hand, the second team delivered less new functionalities, only two new application editions, and lower software quality than the team that manages multi-edition development by employing an SPL approach. |
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| Keywords: | software product line, Android, simultaneous development, iOS, Software quality, software product editions |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Submitted for review: | 23.10.2020 |
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| Article acceptance date: | 17.02.2021 |
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| Publication date: | 27.04.2021 |
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| Publisher: | PeerJ |
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| Year of publishing: | 2021 |
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| Number of pages: | Str. 1-26 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 7, št. članka 434 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-92538  |
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| UDC: | 004.5 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2376-5992 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 61614595 |
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| DOI: | 10.7717/peerj-cs.434 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 17.04.2025 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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