SSD&A is a FedCSIS conference area aiming at integrating and creating synergy between FedCSIS events that thematically subscribe to the discipline of software engineering. The SSD&A area emphasizes the issues relevant to developing and maintaining software systems that behave reliably, efficiently and effectively. This area investigates both established traditional approaches and modern emerging approaches to large software production and evolution. Events that constitute SSD&A are: ATSE'14 - 5th International Workshop Automating Test Case Design, Selection and Evaluation MDASD'14 - 3rd Workshop on Model Driven Approaches in System Development PBDA'14 - 2nd Workshop on Performance of Business Database Applications SOAD-MT'14 - 1st International Workshop on Service-Oriented Applications Development: Methodologies and Tools