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SPLC 2009 | The 13th International Software Product Line Conference
Inner source is a way to exploit the advantages of distributed development in the open
source way but in a wish to avoid problems with planning, ownership, and control. Several
companies have adopted an inner source development model. In inner source development,
a set of teams collaborates in a cooperative eco-system. Similar to open source
development, inner source development applies an open, concurrent, model of
collaboration. It implies distributed ownership and control of code, early and frequent
releasing, and many continuous feedback channels. It makes use of organization
mechanisms already in place; for example, for escalation of conflicts or setting up
roadmaps. Inner source enables flexibility in (starting, stopping, and changing of)
collaborations and in timing and setting priorities of development teams across
organizational (and geographical) boundaries.
The tutorial is mainly structured along the basic dimensions of BAPO and the FEF:
business, architecture, process, and organization.
The tutorial starts with an overview of BAPO and the FEF. This is a rehearsal of the basic
ideas presented in the tutorial T4: “Introducing and Optimizing Software Product Lines
Using the FEF.” Next, the idea of inner source is presented, followed with a detailed
explanation of inner source in each of the four BAPO dimensions.
Presenter Biography:
Frank van der Linden, PhD, works at Philips Healthcare CTO Office. He received his Ph.
D. in pure Mathematics in 1984 at the University of Amsterdam. He was then employed by
Philips Research and since 1999 by Philips Medical Systems. During this time, his main
interest was in software product lines. He was the project leader of four relevant ITEA
projects: ESAPS, CAFÉ, FAMILIES, and COSI. During these projects, he organized as
program chair a series of SWAPF & PFE workshops. He then served as general chair of the
SPLC 2005 and as program co-chair of the SPLC 2006.
T11
Building Reusable Testing Assets for a Software Product Line
John D. McGregor, Software Engineering Institute, USA
Testing consumes a significant percentage of the resources required to produce softwareintensive
products. The exact impact on the project is often hard to evaluate, because testing
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