Feature Model

• A description of the individual features
• The feature commonalities and variabilities of software family members
• The dependencies between the variable features, typically visualized using a FeatureDiagram.
• Additional information concerning particular features, such as constraints, binding sites, and priorities.

This raises the question what exactly a feature is: FODA describes it as a prominent or distinctive user-visible aspect, quality, or characteristic of a software system -- a definition taken from the American Heritage.

Chapter 4 of GenerativeProgrammingBook contains an extensive description of feature models.

CategoryDomainEngineering | Contributions by ArieVanDeursen