VarIS 2014 - 2nd International Workshop on Variability Support in Information Systems

The VarIS workshop will focus on variability issues in IS not from an isolated point of view, but as an integrated part of a development project. The overall goal of the workshop is to look at variability issues in a wide perspective, trying to understand not just the techniques and languages that allow capturing and representing IS variability, but also to understand IS variability including its drivers, economic implications, etc. VarIS will discuss the current state of ongoing research, industry needs, future trends, and practical experiences.
Topics
The topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:
Managing variability in IS lifecycle
Requirements engineering for variability in IS
Variability modelling (e.g., software and BP models, data models, IS handbooks)
Configuring IS artefacts to a particular application context
Run-time adaptation of IS artefacts
Evolution of IS artefacts
Analysing and mining IS artefacts showing variability
Merging IS artefacts to a configurable artefact
Understanding IS variability
Drivers of variability in IS (variability knowledge management)
Economic impact of variability in IS
Traceability of variability across different IS artefacts (e.g., requirements and software specifications, process models, test cases, system documentation)
Visualizing IS artefacts showing variability
Impact of Variability on IS architectures
Variability in Industrial Practice
Case studies and experiments
Experiences with actual implementations
Tool and method support to enable variability in IS
Understandability, maintainability, scalability, and usability of IS modelling artefacts dealing with variability