Software product line testing - a systematic mapping study
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Summary, in English
Context: Software product lines (SPL) are used in industry to achieve more efficient software development. However, the testing side of SPL is underdeveloped. Objective: This study aims at surveying existing research on SPL testing in order to identify useful approaches and needs for future research. Method: A systematic mapping study is launched to find as much literature as possible, and the 64 papers found are classified with respect to focus, research type and contribution type. Results: A majority of the papers are of proposal research types (64 %). System testing is the largest group with respect to research focus (40%), followed by management (23%). Method contributions are in majority. Conclusions: More validation and evaluation research is needed to provide a better foundation for SPL testing.
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Publishing year
2011
Language
English
Pages
2-13
Publication/Series
Information and Software Technology
Volume
53
Issue
1
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Computer Science
Status
Published
Project
- Embedded Applications Software Engineering
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0950-5849