posted on 2012-12-07, 12:00authored byAndreas Pleuss, Benedikt Hauptmann, Markus Keunecke, Goetz Botterweck
Software Product Lines (SPL) enable e cient derivation of
products. SPL concepts have been applied successfully in
many domains including interactive applications. However,
the user interface (UI) part of applications has barely been
addressed yet. While standard SPL concepts allow derivation
of functionally correct UIs, there are additional nonfunctional
requirements, like usability, which have to be considered.
This paper presents a case study investigating UI
variability found in variants of the commercial web-based information
system HIS-GX/QIS. We analyze which aspects
of a UI vary and to which degree. The results show that just
tweaking the nal UI (e.g., using stylesheets) is not su cient
but there is a need for more customization which must be
supported by, e.g., UI-speci c models.
History
Publication
16th International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2012); 1, PP. 6-10