Product line engineering, the state of the practice

Author

Birk, Andreas ; Heller, Gerald ; John, Isabel ; Schmid, Klaus ; von der Massen, T. ; Müller, Klaus

Author_Institution

SD&M AG, Stuttgart, Germany

Volume

20

Issue

6

fYear

2003

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

60

Abstract

Software product lines can be very powerful for ensuring quality, economic efficiency, and manageability of software system families. SPLs are relevant to large industrial enterprises that want to better manage their software-intensive systems´ development. They can also provide small start-ups with unique and striking business models. However, SPL technology can be difficult to implement and maintain. A work group comprising five organizations has investigated and compared SPL practices. The results detail the state of SPL practice.

Keywords

software houses; software maintenance; software quality; software reusability; SPL practice; SPL technology; business models; economic efficiency; large industrial enterprises; product line engineering; software product lines; software system families; software-intensive systems development; state of the practice; Computer industry; Energy management; Power engineering and energy; Power generation economics; Power system management; Power system modeling; Quality management; Software development management; Software quality; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MS.2003.1241367

Filename

1241367