Using tags to support feature management across issue tracking systems and version control systems

Context & motivation: Features are important for many software engineering activities, e.g. release planning. Companies document features in Issue Tracking Systems (ITS) and store feature code in Version Control Systems (VCS). Question/Problem: However, companies do not always manage features sy...

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Hauptverfasser: Seiler, Marcus (Verfasst von) , Paech, Barbara (Verfasst von)
Dokumenttyp: Kapitel/Artikel Konferenzschrift
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 21 February 2017
In: Requirements engineering: Foundation for Software Quality
Year: 2017, Pages: 174-180
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-54045-0_13
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54045-0_13
Verlag, Volltext: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-54045-0_13
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Verfasserangaben:Marcus Seiler, Barbara Paech
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Zusammenfassung:Context & motivation: Features are important for many software engineering activities, e.g. release planning. Companies document features in Issue Tracking Systems (ITS) and store feature code in Version Control Systems (VCS). Question/Problem: However, companies do not always manage features systematically. This issue hinders e.g. the prioritizing of features for release planning. Principal ideas/results: We want to provide insights into practice regarding feature management. We have developed first ideas on lightweight feature management using tags. We conducted semi-structured interviews with eight experts to get insight into practice and an early evaluation of our idea. Contribution: The interviews showed that fuzzy feature descriptions, insufficient traceability, and fragmentation of feature knowledge are major practice problems. The interviews thus confirm the need for a method for managing features across ITS and VCS. We propose our lightweight method for feature management and describe future research regarding our approach.
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ISBN:9783319540450
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-54045-0_13