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Important issues and key activities in product derivation: experiences from two independent research projects

Authors:

Pádraig O'Leary,

Ita Richardson,

Steffen ThielAuthors Info & Claims

SPLC '09: Proceedings of the 13th International Software Product Line Conference

Pages 121 - 130

Published: 24 August 2009 Publication History

Abstract

When compared to the vast amount of research on domain engineering and building product lines, relatively little work has been dedicated to the derivation of individual products from product lines. Existing approaches to product derivation have been developed in isolation with different aims and purposes. The definition of a generic product derivation approach applicable to every domain may not be possible. However, comparing existing approaches allows the identification of both important issues to be addressed and key activities to be supported. In this experience paper we report on how we compared two product derivation approaches developed in two different, independent research projects. Based on the comparison and our experiences, we identify key activities that any approach to product derivation should consider. Additionally, we point out areas of uncertainty and identify remaining challenges within product derivation.

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Important issues and key activities in product derivation: experiences from two independent research projects
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
      2. Software management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques
    2. Software development process management

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SPLC '09: Proceedings of the 13th International Software Product Line Conference

August 2009

319 pages

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Dirk Muthig
Lufthansa Systems Passenger Services GmbH, Germany
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John D. McGregor
Clemson University

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2791060.2791075
Adam SSchmid K(2013)Effective requirements elicitation in product line application engineeringProceedings of the 19th international conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality10.1007/978-3-642-37422-7_26(362-378)Online publication date: 8-Apr-2013
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Elsner CSantana de Almeida ESchwanninger CBenavides D(2012)Light-weight tool support for staged product derivationProceedings of the 16th International Software Product Line Conference - Volume 110.1145/2362536.2362557(146-155)Online publication date: 2-Sep-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2362536.2362557
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