Basic Concepts of Product Line Practice for the DoD
Industrial experience demonstrates clearly that a product line approach for software-intensive systems can save money and result in faster time to field higher quality systems. Many within the Department of Defense (DoD) recognize the benefits of product lines, but also recognize that there are significant challenges to adopting this approach. Many of these challenges stem from the fact that the DoD is in the business of acquiring systems rather than developing them.
The Product Line Systems Program is publishing a series of technical notes designed to condense knowledge about product line acquisition practices into a concise and usable form for the DoD acquisition manager and practitioner.
This technical note provides background information about product lines to serve as a foundation for other technical notes in this series. Key terms, concepts, and benefits of a product line approach are given. Additionally, concepts of product line acquisition in a DoD context are discussed.
This report is related to the following area(s) of work:
Software Product LinesTechnical Note
CMU/SEI-2000-TN-001
February 2000
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SEI:
Bergey, John; Fisher, Matthew; Gallagher, Brian; Jones, Lawrence; & Northrop, Linda. Basic Concepts of Product Line Practice for the DoD (CMU/SEI-2000-TN-001). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2000. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/00tn001.cfm
IEEE:
J. Bergey, M. Fisher, B. Gallagher, L. Jones, and L. Northrop, "Basic Concepts of Product Line Practice for the DoD," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2000-TN-001, 2000. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/00tn001.cfm
APA:
Bergey, J., Fisher, M., Gallagher, B., Jones, L., & Northrop, L. (2000). Basic Concepts of Product Line Practice for the DoD (CMU/SEI-2000-TN-001). Retrieved May 21, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/00tn001.cfm
CHI:
Bergey, John, Matthew Fisher, Brian Gallagher, Lawrence Jones, and Linda Northrop. Basic Concepts of Product Line Practice for the DoD (CMU/SEI-2000-TN-001). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2000. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/00tn001.cfm
MLA:
Bergey, J., Fisher, M., Gallagher, B., Jones, L., & Northrop, L. 2000. Basic Concepts of Product Line Practice for the DoD (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2000-TN-001). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/00tn001.cfm
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