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SPLC 2009 | The 13th International Software Product Line Conference
Tutorials – Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Morning Session
T4
Introducing and Optimizing Software Product Lines Using the FEF
Klaus Schmid, University of Hildesheim, Germany
This tutorial addresses in particular the needs of people who either want to introduce
product line engineering in their organizations or want to reevaluate and assess their
product line maturity.
The tutorial first provides a general introduction to the principles and success factors of
software product line engineering (PLE). It introduces PLE as a modern form of software
reuse and describes the history and success factors that make it different from earlier work
in the area of software reuse.
According to our point of view, the basic principles of PLE are
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business orientation: Product line engineering must be embedded in a business and
strategic context.
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variability management: Enabling the management of variation is key to efficient and
effective reuse.
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architecture-driven development: E ffective reuse of implementations requires
architectural measures.
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two-lifecycle approach: An explicit distinction between development for reuse and with
reuse on the process and organization level is very important for the integrity of the
product line.
Each of these principles is described, and its relation and importance to product line
engineering is discussed.
On this basis, the Families Evaluation Framework (FEF) is described. This is a framework
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