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{{Short description|Domain analysis method}}

'''Feature oriented ___domain analysis (FODA)''' is a [[___domain analysis]] method which introduced [[feature model]]ling to [[___domain engineering]]. FODA was developed in 1990 following several [[U.S. Government]] research projects. Its concepts have been regarded as critically advancing [[software engineering]] and [[software reuse]].

==History==

Feature-oriented ___domain analysis was first developed by the [[Software Engineering Institute]] in 1990.<ref name="Cza 44">CzarkneckiCzarnecki, p.44</ref> In the initial technical report, a study performed determined that feature oriented ___domain analysis was not only beneficial, but was described as a "necessary first step" for [[software reuse]].<ref name="Kang 99">Kang, p.9993</ref> The report introduced the concept of [[feature model]]s to [[___domain engineering]] in an effort to represent the standard features within the family of systems in the ___domain as well as the relationships between those features.<ref name="Kang 42">Kang, p.42</ref> Since then, feature models have been characterized as "the greatest contribution of ___domain engineering to [[software engineering]]".<ref name="Cza 82">CzarkneckiCzarnecki, p.82</ref>

Much of the wordwork leading up to the development of FODA was sponsored by the [[U.S. Department of Defense]] through research programs related to software reuse during the late 1980s. FODA was developed as a comprehensive analysis and refinement of technology developed from 1983&ndash;1990.<ref name="Cza 57">Czarnecki, p.57</ref> While some aspects of FODA have changed, and it has become integrated with [[model-driven engineering]], FODA is still known as the method that initially introduced feature models to ___domain engineering.<ref name="Cza 44" />

==Purpose==

The intent of feature-oriented ___domain analysis is to support functional and architectural reuse. The objective is to create a ___domain model which represents a family of systems which can then be refined into the particular desired system within the ___domain<ref name="Kang 26">Kang, p.26</ref> To do this, the scope of the ___domain must be analyzed (known as ''FODA context analysis'') to identify not only the systems in the ___domain but also the external systems which interact with the ___domain.<ref name="Kang 36">Kang, p.36</ref> ''FODA feature analysis'' then analyzes the end-user's view of the configurable requirements and candidate systems within the ___domain.<ref name="Kang 40">Kang, p.40</ref> From the developed [[feature model]], customers can select from configurable requirements to specify a final system.<ref name="Kang 43">Kang, p.43</ref> Through this process, feature-oriented ___domain analysis ensures that a business can meet customers' demands efficiently through reuse of technology.<ref name="Cza 43">Czarnecki, p.43</ref>

==References==

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==Bibliography==

*{{cite book|last1=CzarkneckiCzarnecki|first1=Krzysztof|last2=Eiseneckerr|first2=Ulrich W.|title=Generative Programming: Methods, Tools, and Applications|year=2000|isbn=02103097770-201-30977-7|publisher=[[Addison-Wesley]]}}

*{{cite report|title=Feature-Oriented Domain Analysis (FODA) Feasibility Study|publisher=[[Software Engineering Institute]], [[Carnegie Mellon University]]|city___location=Pittsburgh|url=httphttps://citeseerxresources.istsei.psucmu.edu/viewdoclibrary/downloadasset-view.cfm?doiassetid=10.1.1.124.8815&rep=rep1&type=pdf|id=CMU/SEI-90-TR-2111231|format=PDF|year=1990|last=Kang|first=K.|coauthorsauthor2=Cohen, S.; |author3=Hess, J.; |author4=Nowak, W.; |author5= Peterson, S. }}

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