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SPLC 2009 | The 13th International Software Product Line Conference
adoption and ongoing CMMI or other improvement initiatives.
Participants should have experience in designing and developing software-intensive
systems, have some familiarity with modern software engineering concepts and
management practices, and be familiar with product line concepts. The tutorial is aimed at
those in an organization who are in a position to influence the decision to adopt a product
line approach and those in a position to carry out that decision. This includes technical
managers at all levels, as well as those on the software development staff. Anyone who can
act as a technology change agent will benefit from this tutorial.
Presenter Biographies:
Linda Northrop is director of the Research, Technology, and System Solutions Program at
the Software Engineering Institute where she leads the work in architecture-centric
engineering, software product lines, systems of systems, and ultra-large-scale (ULS)
systems. She is coauthor of the book Software Product Lines: Practices and Patterns and
led the research group on ULS systems that resulted in the book, Ultra-Large-Scale
Systems: The Software Challenge of the Future. Before joining the SEI, she was associated
with both the United States Air Force Academy and the State University of New York as
professor of computer science, and with both Eastman Kodak and IBM as a software
engineer.
Lawrence G. Jones is a senior member of the technical staff at the Software Engineering
Institute, working in the Research, Technology and System Solutions Program. He has over
39 years experience in software development, management and education including service
in the U.S. Air Force. He is the former Chair of the Computer Science Department at the
Air Force Academy, current Chair of the ABET Accreditation Council, Past Chair of the
ABET Computing Accreditation Commission, a Senior Member of the IEEE and the ACM,
and Secretary/Treasurer of the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board.
T6
From Product Line Requirements to Product Line Architecture – Optimizing Industrial
Product Lines for New Competitive Advantage
Juha Savolainen, Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
Michael Mannion, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland
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