Usability Evaluation of Variability Modeling by means of Common Variability Language
Common Variability Language (CVL) is a recent proposal for OMG's upcoming Variability Modeling standard. CVL models variability in terms of Model Fragments. Usability is a widely-recognized quality criterion essential to warranty the successful use of tools that put these ideas in practice. Fa...
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| description | Common Variability Language (CVL) is a recent proposal for OMG's upcoming Variability Modeling standard. CVL models variability in terms of Model Fragments. Usability is a widely-recognized quality criterion essential to warranty the successful use of tools that put these ideas in practice. Facing the need of evaluating the usability of CVL modeling tools, this paper presents a Usability Evaluation of CVL applied to a Modeling Tool for firmware code of Induction Hobs. This evaluation addresses the configuration, scoping and visualization facets. The evaluation involved the end users of the tool whom are engineers of our Induction Hob industrial partner. Effectiveness and efficiency results indicate that model configuration in terms of model fragment substitutions is intuitive enough but both scoping and visualization require improved tool support. Results also enabled us to identify a list of usability problems which may contribute to alleviate scoping and visualization issues in CVL. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-671db0fce4b1426d9dc6ee374d61a0ef2025-08-20T01:57:05ZengRiga Technical University PressComplex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly2255-99222015-12-0105618110.7250/csimq.2015-5.05739Usability Evaluation of Variability Modeling by means of Common Variability LanguageJorge Echeverria0Jaime Font1Oscar Pastor2Carlos Cetina3SVIT Research Group, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad San Jorge, ZaragozaSVIT Research Group, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad San Jorge, ZaragozaResearch Center on Software Production Methods, Universitat Politècnica de Vàlencia, ValenciaSVIT Research Group, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad San Jorge, ZaragozaCommon Variability Language (CVL) is a recent proposal for OMG's upcoming Variability Modeling standard. CVL models variability in terms of Model Fragments. Usability is a widely-recognized quality criterion essential to warranty the successful use of tools that put these ideas in practice. Facing the need of evaluating the usability of CVL modeling tools, this paper presents a Usability Evaluation of CVL applied to a Modeling Tool for firmware code of Induction Hobs. This evaluation addresses the configuration, scoping and visualization facets. The evaluation involved the end users of the tool whom are engineers of our Induction Hob industrial partner. Effectiveness and efficiency results indicate that model configuration in terms of model fragment substitutions is intuitive enough but both scoping and visualization require improved tool support. Results also enabled us to identify a list of usability problems which may contribute to alleviate scoping and visualization issues in CVL.https://csimq-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/1220Usability evaluationCommon Variability Languagemodeling variability |
| spellingShingle | Jorge Echeverria Jaime Font Oscar Pastor Carlos Cetina Usability Evaluation of Variability Modeling by means of Common Variability Language Complex Systems Informatics and Modeling Quarterly Usability evaluation Common Variability Language modeling variability |
| title | Usability Evaluation of Variability Modeling by means of Common Variability Language |
| title_full | Usability Evaluation of Variability Modeling by means of Common Variability Language |
| title_fullStr | Usability Evaluation of Variability Modeling by means of Common Variability Language |
| title_full_unstemmed | Usability Evaluation of Variability Modeling by means of Common Variability Language |
| title_short | Usability Evaluation of Variability Modeling by means of Common Variability Language |
| title_sort | usability evaluation of variability modeling by means of common variability language |
| topic | Usability evaluation Common Variability Language modeling variability |
| url | https://csimq-journals.rtu.lv/article/view/1220 |
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