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Identifying Reusable Core Assets of Digital Health Apps.

Richard May¹, Robin Glauser², Kerstin Denecke²

¹Harz University of Applied Sciences, Wernigerode, Germany.

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|August 23, 2024

Summary

Digital Health Apps (DHAs) share common functionalities, identified as core assets. Modeling these reusable assets can streamline DHA development, saving time and costs.

Keywords:

Digital health apps feature modeling product line engineering

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Area of Science:

Digital Health
Software Engineering
Product Line Engineering

Background:

Digital Health Apps (DHAs) exhibit variability but share common functionalities, termed core assets.
This suggests DHAs can be viewed as a product family with adaptable features for specific use cases.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify and model reusable core assets for DHAs.
To facilitate the development of similar, yet adapted DHAs using a product line engineering approach.

Main Methods:

Systematic analysis of six state-of-the-art DHAs.
Iterative modeling of identified functionalities using a feature model.

Main Results:

Identification of 14 core assets for DHAs.
Categorization of assets into six mandatory and eight optional core assets based on app complexity.

Conclusions:

DHAs possess shared functionalities that can be leveraged as core assets.
Utilizing these core assets can lead to more efficient DHA development, reducing time and costs.