Second international workshop on variability in software architecture

ABSTRACT

Variability is the ability of a software system or artifact to be adapted for specific contexts, in a preplanned manner. Many of today's software systems are built with variability in mind, e.g., product lines and families, self-adaptive systems, open platforms, or service-based systems that support dynamic runtime composition of web services. Variability is reflected in and facilitated through the software architecture. Also, as the software architecture is a reference point for many development activities and for achieving quality attributes, variability should be treated as a first-class and cross-cutting concern in software architecture. Therefore, the Second International Workshop on Variability in Software Architecture (VARSA 2012) aims at identifying critical challenges and progressing the state-of-the-art on variability in software architecture. VARSA 2012 is a follow-up of the First International Workshop on Variability in Software Architecture (VARSA 2011), held at WICSA 2011.

References

1. M. Galster, P. Avgeriou, D. Weyns, T. Männistö, "Variability in Software Architecture -- Current Practice and Challenges," ACM Sigsoft Software Engineering Notes, vol. 36, Sept. 2011, pp. 30--32.
2. M. Galster, P. Avgeriou, "The Notion of Variability in Software Architecture -- Results from a Preliminary Exploratory Study," Proc. VaMoS, ACM, January 2011, pp. 59--67.

Index Terms

• Social and professional topics

  • Professional topics

    • Management of computing and information systems

      • Software management

• Software and its engineering

  • Software creation and management

  • Software organization and properties

    • Software system structures

      • Abstraction, modeling and modularity