DocumentCode :
2467394
Title :
Requirements management in a product line scenario
Author :
Ebert, Christof
Author_Institution :
Alcatel, Paris, France
fYear :
2002
fDate :
2002
Firstpage :
123
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The product line approach is a major reuse concept that has shown concrete commercial results over the past years. Product lines achieve reuse in the functionality and solution space, and thus improve quality, cycle time and cost. They are specifically promising in cases where many variants are produced almost simultaneously, such as in telecommunication systems. Though appealing, the concept is difficult to introduce specifically into an existing development environment. All too often the impacts on requirements management are not considered globally enough. The opposite of a product line concept is to allow every variant of a product to implement its own requirements only loosely coupled to the base product. This article describes the introduction of a product line approach in Alcatel´s S12 Switching System Business Unit. Success factors are described related to the interface with marketing, requirements definition, roadmapping and portfolio management, requirements reuse, planning and prioritization incremental development, and configuration management are explained. Practical impacts are described as well as tricks and traps.
Keywords :
configuration management; formal specification; software reusability; systems analysis; Alcatel; S12 Switching System Business Unit; configuration management; cost; marketing; planning; portfolio management; product line scenario; requirements management; requirements reuse; software reuse; telecommunication systems; Business; Concrete; Cost function; Marketing management; Portfolios; Switching systems;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Requirements Engineering, 2002. Proceedings. IEEE Joint International Conference on
ISSN :
1090-705X
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1465-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICRE.2002.1048514
Filename :
1048514
Link To Document :
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