1. MDA as Approach to Manage Variability in Software Product Families
Sybren Deelstra, Marco Sinnema, Jilles van Gurp, Jan Bosch,
Software Engineering & Architecture Group,
University of Groningen,
© June 2003.
MDAFA 2003

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Overview
What are Software Product Families?
What is Variability?
How does MDA relate to Software Product Families and Variability?
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3. Software Product Families
Product Family Architecture
Components
Products
Domain Engineering
Application Engineering
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Variability
Provided through variation points
Two important aspects:
Binding Time
Realization Mechanism
Communication
Protocol
TCP
UDP
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MDA
PIM
Application for
platform A
platform B
platform C
PSM for
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6. Platform as variation point
PIM
Application for
platform A
platform B
platform C
Application
Model (PIM)
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7. Platform not the only variation point
Application
Model X
Appl. X for
platform A
platform B
platform C
Model Y
Appl. Y for
Domain Model
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8. PFE in MDA Domain Engineering Application Engineering Domain Model
Application Model
Derive
Transformation
Definition
Asset Base
Application
Requirements
Target
Source
Uses
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-The End-
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