Introducing Software Product Line Engineering for Metal Processing Lines in a Small to Medium Enterprise

Author

Sellier, D. ; Mannion, Mike ; Benguria, G. ; Urchegui, G.

Author_Institution

Glasgow Caledonian Univ., Glasgow

fYear

2007

fDate

10-14 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

62

Abstract

Cost reduction, time to market, product quality improvement, and the support of technological evolution are all critical issues that software companies must face to be competitive in today´s market. Software product line engineering (SPLE) is one approach to address these issues. This paper presents the experiences of Mondragon Sistemas de Informacion, a small-to-medium company, of introducing software product line engineering. The paper describes reports the benefits generated by deploying a software product line for developing programmable logic controllers´ programs for metal processing lines as well as lessons learned.

Keywords

metalworking; product development; production facilities; programmable controllers; small-to-medium enterprises; software reusability; metal processing line; programmable logic controller; small to medium enterprise; software product line engineering; Application software; Companies; Costs; Delay; Face; Programmable control; Software quality; Software reusability; Surface resistance; Time to market;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Product Line Conference, 2007. SPLC 2007. 11th International

Conference_Location

Kyoto

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-2888-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPLINE.2007.14

Filename

4339255