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

• Verfasst von: Seiler, Marcus [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Paech, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Using tags to support feature management across issue tracking systems and version control systems
• Verf.angabe: Marcus Seiler, Barbara Paech
• E-Jahr: 2017
• Jahr: 21 February 2017
• Umfang: 7 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 24.07.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Requirements engineering: Foundation for Software Quality
• Ort Quelle: Cham : Springer, 2017
• Jahr Quelle: 2017
• Band/Heft Quelle: (2017), Seite 174-180
• ISBN Quelle: 978-3-319-54045-0
• DOI: doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54045-0_13
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1577884841

Abstract

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.