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    SLR Planning Danial (I161059)

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    This document outlines the research methodology for a systematic literature review on techniques and issues related to integrating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components into existing software architectures. The review will search academic databases and publications from 1998-2016 based on keywords related to COTS integration, software architecture, techniques, and issues. Papers will be included if they are in English, peer-reviewed, empirical studies or reports relevant to the search terms and exclusion criteria. The goal is to identify problems that occur when unifying separate components into an existing architecture and techniques used for COTS integration.

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    This document outlines the research methodology for a systematic literature review on techniques and issues related to integrating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components into existing software architectures. The review will search academic databases and publications from 1998-2016 based on keywords related to COTS integration, software architecture, techniques, and issues. Papers will be included if they are in English, peer-reviewed, empirical studies or reports relevant to the search terms and exclusion criteria. The goal is to identify problems that occur when unifying separate components into an existing architecture and techniques used for COTS integration.

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    This document outlines the research methodology for a systematic literature review on techniques and issues related to integrating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components into existing software architectures. The review will search academic databases and publications from 1998-2016 based on keywords related to COTS integration, software architecture, techniques, and issues. Papers will be included if they are in English, peer-reviewed, empirical studies or reports relevant to the search terms and exclusion criteria. The goal is to identify problems that occur when unifying separate components into an existing architecture and techniques used for COTS integration.

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    This document outlines the research methodology for a systematic literature review on techniques and issues related to integrating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components into existing software architectures. The review will search academic databases and publications from 1998-2016 based on keywords related to COTS integration, software architecture, techniques, and issues. Papers will be included if they are in English, peer-reviewed, empirical studies or reports relevant to the search terms and exclusion criteria. The goal is to identify problems that occur when unifying separate components into an existing architecture and techniques used for COTS integration.

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    Research

    Methodolo
    gy
    COTS integration
    techniques and issues in
    Software Architecture

    Danial Zafar[i161059]
    1 Review Plan:
    In this section, steps for planning a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) are defined.

    1.1 Research Objectives:


    To develop an understanding for component base software architecture through a
    systematic literature review.
    To identify problems related to the unification of a separate component(s) into the
    architecture of the existing software.
    To identify problems that may occur during the use of the existing tools and technique
    proposed for the unification of component(s) in the architecture of the existing software.

    1.2 Research Questions:


    RQ1. Which issue we face for integration of COTS in an existing architecture?
    RQ2. Which techniques are used to integrate COTS?

    1.3 Search Strategy


    The table below describes the resources used for this research paper:

    Table 1

    IEEE Xplore
    ACM Digital Library
    Source of Research Papers Electronic Databases
    SpringerLink
    Science Direct
    Conference Papers
    Search Items Workshop Papers
    Journals
    Full Text To avoid missing any papers that
    Search Applied on might in some way be related to the searched
    string.
    Language English
    Publication Period From January 1998 to July 2016

    1.4 Search Criteria:


    After defining our research goals and questions, we started with the formulation of a formal
    search strategy to analyses all available empirical materials specific to the objective of this
    review. The plan involved defining the search space, which included electronic databases and
    printed proceedings as shown in Table 1. The studies were initially retrieved from the electronic
    databases and then analyzed to identify other meaningful studies through reference searches.
    Search criteria

    The search criteria for this review consists of three parts C1, C2 and C3.

    C1 is a string of keywords made of synonyms of Technique such as method and


    approach,
    C2 is string of keywords made of synonyms of issues such as problems and difficulties.
    C3 is string COTS Integration
    C4 is string Software Architecture

    Example

    ("Methods", "techniques") AND ("issues", "problems) AND ("integration", "COTS",


    "components") AND ("Software Architecture").

    1.5 Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria:


    To determine whether a study should be included, the following inclusion and exclusion criteria
    were used: Inclusion criteria:

    Inclusion Criteria:
    (I1) The study is in English
    (I2) The study is a peer-reviewed publication.
    (I3) It is relevant to the search terms defined in Software architecture and COTS integration.
    (I4) It is an empirical research paper, an experience report, or workshop paper.
    (I5) The study is published between January, 1998- July, 2016.
    (I6) Contents of the paper are relevant to the topic searched.

    Exclusion Criteria:
    (E1) Studies that do not meet inclusion criteria.
    (E2) Studies that present a viewpoint, keynotes or discussion, opinions, editorials,
    comments, prefaces, tutorials and anecdote papers and presentations in the form of slides
    without any associated research papers.

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