Quality Assurance for Feature Models and Configurations

Feature modeling and product configuration are central parts of software product line development. They define the domain and which features are contained in the final products. Feature modeling and product configuration are manual and thus error-prone tasks. Thus, the design of a feature model comes with several pitfalls for validity. It is necessary to support the user during the creation as much as possible. A qualitative feature model is even important as it affects all other parts, such as product configuration and generation. Therefore, this chapter gives an overview on FeatureIDE’s support to assure the quality of feature models and configurations.