Feature decoupling level
US11687333B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/77
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Enabling quick feature delivery is essential for product success and is therefore a goal of software architecture design. But how may we determine if and to what extent an architecture is “good enough” to support feature addition and modification, or determine if a refactoring effort is successful in that features may be added more easily? The applications may use Feature Space and Feature Dependency, derived from a software project's revision history that capture the dependency relations among the features of a system in a feature dependency structure matrix (FDSM), using features as first-class design elements. The applications may also use a Feature Decoupling Level (FDL) metric that may be used to measure the level of independence among features.
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