{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2915261017","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3302333.3302339","title":"Towards Combined Process & Tool Variability Management in Software Testing","display_name":"Towards Combined Process & Tool Variability Management in Software Testing","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-02-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2915261017","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3302333.3302339","mag":"2915261017"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3302333.3302339","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3302333.3302339","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5010365769","display_name":"Kristof Meixner","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1393"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I145847075","display_name":"TU Wien","ror":"https://ror.org/04d836q62","country_code":"AT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I145847075"]}],"countries":["AT"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Kristof Meixner","raw_affiliation_strings":["Christian Doppler Laboratory for Security and Quality Improvement in the Production System Lifecycle (CDL-SQI), Institute of Information Systems Engineering, TU Wien, Austria"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Christian Doppler Laboratory for Security and Quality Improvement in the Production System Lifecycle (CDL-SQI), Institute of Information Systems Engineering, TU Wien, Austria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I145847075"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101864493","display_name":"Dietmar Winkler","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4743-3124"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I145847075","display_name":"TU Wien","ror":"https://ror.org/04d836q62","country_code":"AT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I145847075"]}],"countries":["AT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dietmar Winkler","raw_affiliation_strings":["Christian Doppler Laboratory for Security and Quality Improvement in the Production System Lifecycle (CDL-SQI), Institute of Information Systems Engineering, TU Wien, Austria"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Christian Doppler Laboratory for Security and Quality Improvement in the Production System Lifecycle (CDL-SQI), Institute of Information Systems Engineering, TU Wien, Austria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I145847075"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5065534796","display_name":"Stefan Biffl","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3413-7780"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I145847075","display_name":"TU Wien","ror":"https://ror.org/04d836q62","country_code":"AT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I145847075"]}],"countries":["AT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Stefan Biffl","raw_affiliation_strings":["Christian Doppler Laboratory for Security and Quality Improvement in the Production System Lifecycle (CDL-SQI), Institute of Information Systems Engineering, TU Wien, Austria"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Christian Doppler Laboratory for Security and Quality Improvement in the Production System Lifecycle (CDL-SQI), Institute of Information Systems Engineering, TU Wien, Austria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I145847075"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5010365769"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I145847075"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.01451004,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":91,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"6"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12127","display_name":"Software System Performance and Reliability","score":0.9988999962806702,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9983000159263611,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6438527703285217},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.6258763074874878},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/integration-testing","display_name":"Integration testing","score":0.5097634196281433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/systems-engineering","display_name":"Systems engineering","score":0.47690582275390625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/automation","display_name":"Automation","score":0.47177553176879883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/agile-software-development","display_name":"Agile software development","score":0.46033936738967896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/system-integration-testing","display_name":"System integration testing","score":0.45225903391838074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/manual-testing","display_name":"Manual testing","score":0.4429052174091339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/devops","display_name":"DevOps","score":0.4265560209751129},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test-strategy","display_name":"Test strategy","score":0.4251355230808258},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/white-box-testing","display_name":"White-box testing","score":0.41255396604537964},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-development","display_name":"Software development","score":0.37739747762680054},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-construction","display_name":"Software construction","score":0.3597102761268616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.3353017568588257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.21852344274520874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-deployment","display_name":"Software deployment","score":0.13133570551872253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.0939149260520935}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6438527703285217},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.6258763074874878},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107683887","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q782466","display_name":"Integration testing","level":3,"score":0.5097634196281433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.47690582275390625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115901376","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184199","display_name":"Automation","level":2,"score":0.47177553176879883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14185376","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30232","display_name":"Agile software development","level":2,"score":0.46033936738967896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111524372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7663718","display_name":"System integration testing","level":5,"score":0.45225903391838074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182122060","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6752328","display_name":"Manual testing","level":5,"score":0.4429052174091339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9903902","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3025536","display_name":"DevOps","level":3,"score":0.4265560209751129},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188598960","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7705805","display_name":"Test strategy","level":3,"score":0.4251355230808258},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162443782","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1066228","display_name":"White-box testing","level":5,"score":0.41255396604537964},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C529173508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q638608","display_name":"Software development","level":3,"score":0.37739747762680054},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C186846655","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3398377","display_name":"Software construction","level":4,"score":0.3597102761268616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.3353017568588257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.21852344274520874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105339364","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2297740","display_name":"Software deployment","level":2,"score":0.13133570551872253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0939149260520935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3302333.3302339","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3302333.3302339","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5899999737739563,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":18,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W272377323","https://openalex.org/W1495320250","https://openalex.org/W1501652040","https://openalex.org/W2006053266","https://openalex.org/W2031425482","https://openalex.org/W2033803742","https://openalex.org/W2041971724","https://openalex.org/W2054026445","https://openalex.org/W2094528278","https://openalex.org/W2121789613","https://openalex.org/W2125398918","https://openalex.org/W2125887063","https://openalex.org/W2136412193","https://openalex.org/W2139380319","https://openalex.org/W2143322095","https://openalex.org/W2151936911","https://openalex.org/W2251980239","https://openalex.org/W2595077599"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3214776400","https://openalex.org/W3197709817","https://openalex.org/W2886756146","https://openalex.org/W2335749738","https://openalex.org/W2766263634","https://openalex.org/W1988901622","https://openalex.org/W1603792055","https://openalex.org/W2135463065","https://openalex.org/W2285846401","https://openalex.org/W2364731361"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Context.":[0],"Modern":[1],"software":[2,35,162],"engineering":[3],"approaches":[4],"that":[5,47,113,179,237],"rely":[6],"on":[7,66,139,158],"continuous":[8],"and":[9,16,23,61,85,105,151,163,166,225,242],"automated":[10],"testing,":[11],"like":[12],"Agile":[13],"Software":[14,210],"Engineering":[15],"the":[17,41,51,142,173,196,207],"late":[18],"DevOps":[19],"movement,":[20],"require":[21],"integrated":[22],"fully":[24],"functional":[25],"testing":[26,45,58,75,109,145,149,165,221],"tool":[27,59,110,146,241],"chain":[28,111],"environment,":[29],"to":[30,117,169],"efficiently":[31],"identify":[32],"defects":[33],"in":[34,55,89,172,189,201],"artifacts.":[36],"Such":[37],"an":[38,90],"environment":[39,91],"includes":[40],"implementation":[42],"of":[43,82,92,108,130,144,209,215,228],"established":[44,148],"processes":[46,62,86],"are":[48,63],"utilized":[49],"by":[50],"development":[52],"teams.":[53],"However,":[54],"practice,":[56],"different":[57],"chains":[60],"implemented":[64],"depending":[65],"particular":[67],"project":[68],"requirements":[69,140],"such":[70],"as":[71,128],"programming":[72],"language,":[73],"selected":[74],"tool,":[76],"or":[77],"system":[78],"architecture.":[79],"This":[80],"variety":[81],"required":[83],"technologies":[84],"frequently":[87],"results":[88,177],"isolated":[93],"test":[94],"automation":[95],"solutions.":[96],"Thus,":[97],"there":[98],"is":[99,232],"a":[100,103,131,190,202,213,226,235,239],"need":[101,197],"for":[102,141,198,220],"managed":[104],"controllable":[106],"set":[107],"variants":[112],"consider":[114],"structured":[115],"methods":[116,219],"integrate":[118],"variability.":[119],"Goal.":[120],"In":[121,206],"this":[122],"paper,":[123],"we":[124],"show":[125],"ongoing":[126],"work,":[127],"part":[129],"flexible":[132,203,240],"Test":[133,181,211],"Automation":[134,182],"Framework":[135],"(TAF),":[136],"with":[137],"focus":[138],"variability":[143,167,171,188,200],"chains,":[147],"processes,":[150,224],"candidate":[152],"solution":[153],"approaches.":[154],"Method.":[155],"We":[156],"build":[157],"best":[159],"practices":[160],"from":[161],"systems":[164],"management":[168],"implement":[170],"TAF.":[174,204],"Results.":[175],"First":[176],"showed":[178],"several":[180],"(TA)":[183],"solutions":[184],"exist,":[185],"which":[186],"support":[187],"limited":[191],"manner":[192],"and,":[193],"therefore,":[194],"increase":[195],"modeling":[199],"Conclusion.":[205],"context":[208],"Automation,":[212],"combination":[214],"Variability":[216],"Modeling":[217],"(VM)":[218],"architectures,":[222],"business":[223],"definition":[227],"common":[229],"interface":[230],"definitions":[231],"promising":[233],"towards":[234],"TAF":[236],"enables":[238],"process":[243],"integration.":[244]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}