Samuel Sepúlveda

Samuel Sepúlveda, Marcelo Esperguel

Context: The importance of the feature modeling for the software product lines considering the modeling and management of the variability. Objective: Define a protocol to conduct a systematic mapping study to summarize and synthesize the evidence on reasoning algorithms for feature modeling. Method: Application the protocol to conduct a systematic mapping study according the guidelines of K. Petersen. Results: A validated protocol to conduct a systematic mapping study. Conclusions: Initial findings show that a more detailed review for the different reasoning algorithms for feature modeling is needed.

Samuel Sepúlveda, Jaime Díaz, Marcelo Esperguel

Context: The importance of feature modeling languages for software product lines and the planning stage for a systematic literature review. Objective: A protocol for carrying out a systematic literature review about the evidence for identifying and classifying the errors in feature modeling languages. Method: The definition of a protocol to conduct a systematic literature review according to the guidelines of B. Kitchenham. Results: A validated protocol to conduct a systematic literature review. Conclusions: A proposal for the protocol definition of a systematic literature review about the identification and classification of errors in feature modeling was built. Initial results show that the effects and results for solving these errors should be carried out.

Sergio Zapata, José Luis Barros-Justo, Gerardo Maturro et al.

The purpose of this protocol is to be useful to identify, evaluate and synthesize reported knowledge about the measurement of interpersonal trust (IpT) in virtual software teams. To achieve this goal we applied a research technique known as Systematic Literature Review (SLR). The aim of a SLR is to be as objective, analytical, and repeatable as possible.

Samuel Sepúlveda, Mauricio Diéguez, Gonzalo Farías et al.

Context: The importance of defining learning outcomes and the planning stage for a systematic literature review. Objective: A protocol for carrying out a systematic literature review about the evidence for the tool support for the learning outcomes and the teaching-learning process using Bloom's taxonomy to address it. Method: The definition of a protocol to conduct a systematic literature review according to the guidelines of B. Kitchenham. Results: A validated protocol to conduct a systematic literature review. Conclusions: A proposal for the protocol definition of a systematic literature review about the tool support for the learning outcomes, the teaching-learning process using Bloom's taxonomy was built. Initials results show that a more detailed review of the learning outcomes and their alignment with the levels of curricular progress, training cycles, and Bloom's Taxonomy should be carried out.

Samuel Sepúlveda, Andrea Rivera

The customers and users need for new products and services according to high-quality standards have increased in the last time. In that sense, the production processes must be aligned with the organization and development process in order to achieve this goal. The aim of this paper is to synthesize the current state of the research reported in the literature regarding the application domain, underlying model, origin, degree of empirical validation and quality of existing feature modeling tools used in SPL. Therefore, this technical report presents the protocol definition for a systematic mapping study (SMS) that we will conduct to identify and assess the set of relevant papers on feature model tools.

José L. Barros-Justo, Samuel Sepúlveda, Nelson Martínez-Araujo et al.

Context: The Evidence-Based Software Engineering (EBSE) paradigm and the planning phase of a systematic literature review. Objective: A protocol to do a systematic literature review with detailed information about the processes suggested by several guidelines in the field of evidence-based software engineering. Method: An analisys of recent systematic literature reviews published in world leading journals, plus the use of two renowned guidelines and a textbook to sinthetise a formal plan (the protocol). Results: The validated protocol Conclusions: We found that most of the published systematic reviews lack on reporting the protocol, or it is weak. There is a lack of tool support to develop formal protocols. Although a protocol, like a plan, must have the flexibility to adapt to unforeseen situations, its objective is that the actual activities should resemble as far as possible of those already planned. Therefore, it is a difficult balance to achieve and, researchers must be careful not to introduce alterations that could become threats to the validity of the entire work.