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1、QUALITYASSURANCEOFINTEGRATEDBUSINESSSOFTWARE:ANAPPROACHTOTESTINGSOFTWAREPRODUCTLINESUlrikeDowie,NicoleGellner,SvenHanssen,AndreasHelferich,GeorgHerzwurm,SixtenSchockertUniversitätStuttgart,InstituteofBusinessAdministration,ChairofInformationSystemsII,BusinessSoftware,Breitscheidstraße2c,D-701
2、74Stuttgart{dowie
3、gellner
4、hanssen
5、helferich
6、herzwurm
7、schockert@wi.uni-stuttgart.de}Summary:Theuseofintegratedbusinesssoftwarecanbeinstrumentalinreducingthedifficultiesoccurringwhenvariousinformationsystemshavetobeintegrated.Asadownsideofthisandduetothefactthatthesesystemsaredesignedtobeusedin
8、allsortsofenterprises,theinternalcomplexityofthesesystemsincreasesexponentially.Softwareproductlinesontheonehandpromiseremedybytheconscioususeofvariability,ontheotherhandcreatenewdemandsonqualityassurance.Thearticleonhandprovidesatheoreticalframeworkforevaluatingapproachestosoftwaretesting,re
9、gardingtheiruseinthedevelopmentofsoftwareproductlines.Itturnsoutthatonlyapractice-orientedapproachemphasizingthebuyer’sviewwillbesuccessfulintheend.Keywords:Businesssoftware,softwareproductline,softwaretesting,qualityassurance,domainengineering,applicationengineering.1INTRODUCTIONThedemandfor
10、off-the-shelforstandards-basedbusinesssoftwarehasincreasedsteadilyoverthelastfewyears.Thesimultaneoususeofmanysoftwarepackagesdevelopedin-houseaswellas(oftencustomized)off-the-shelfsoftwarehasfurtherintensifiedtheexistingintegrationproblemsofapplicationsystems.Microsoftguessesthatthepercentag
11、eofcostsforapplicationintegrationwillrisefromapprox.10-15%todayupto60%withinthenextyears(cf.[Kind04]).Manyenterprisesthereforeconsiderreplacingthe"bestofbreed"–strategywiththealternative"singlesourcing".In“bestofbreed”thealternativebestfulfillingtherequirementsoftheenterpriseisselected,irresp
12、ectiveoftheprovider,andintegratedintotheenterpriseapplicationarchitecture.In“singlesourcing”allapplicationsystemsarepurchasedfromonesinglesupplier.Themostimportantadvantageexpectedwithpurchasingproductsfromasinglesourceseemstobethesimplifiedi