Successful Practices in Software Product Lines
Submission Deadline: 15 November 2009
Publication: May/June 2010
An increasing number of organizations are taking their software-intensive product production to the next level by adopting software product line practices. These practices coordinate the software engineering, technical management, and organizational management activities necessary for the efficient production of a set of similar products. The growing body of experience needs to be communicated to those considering adopting the approach.
Possible topics include
- How to systematically manage safety (or any other quality attribute) in a product line context.
- How to engineer product lines in a complex organizational network of OEMs and suppliers including COTS or open source components.
- How to center a product line approach around a given reference architecture in a certain domain or market segment (e.g. AUTOSAR for the automotive industry).
- How to combine agile approaches with product line practices.
- How to combine SOA with product line practices.
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Questions?
For more information about the focus, contact the Guest Editors:
- John D. McGregor, Clemson University
- Dirk Muthig, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering
- Paul Jensen, Textron
- Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Research Laboratory
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