Product Line Analysis: A Practical Introduction

Product line analysis applies established modeling techniques to engineer the requirements for a product line of software-intensive systems. This report provides a practical introduction to product line requirements modeling. It describes product line analysis in the context of product line development and shows how a requirements model is built based on object modeling, use-case modeling, and feature-modeling techniques. A running example, based on home automation systems, illustrates concepts and terminology. Two different strategies for creating the requirements model are also presented.

The product line analysis work is evolving. This report describes its current status and planned development.

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Authors

Gary Chastek

Patrick Donohoe

Kyo C. Kang (Pohang University of Science and Technology)

Steffen Thiel (Robert Bosch GmbH)

This report is related to the following area(s) of work:

Software Product Lines

Technical Report
CMU/SEI-2001-TR-001
April 2001

Cite This Report

SEI:

Chastek, Gary; Donohoe, Patrick; Kang, Kyo; & Thiel, Steffen. Product Line Analysis: A Practical Introduction (CMU/SEI-2001-TR-001). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/01tr001.cfm

IEEE:

G. Chastek, P. Donohoe, K. Kang, and S. Thiel, "Product Line Analysis: A Practical Introduction," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Report CMU/SEI-2001-TR-001, 2001. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/01tr001.cfm

APA:

Chastek, G., Donohoe, P., Kang, K., & Thiel, S. (2001). Product Line Analysis: A Practical Introduction (CMU/SEI-2001-TR-001). Retrieved May 21, 2013, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/01tr001.cfm

CHI:

Chastek, Gary, Patrick Donohoe, Kyo Kang, and Steffen Thiel. Product Line Analysis: A Practical Introduction (CMU/SEI-2001-TR-001). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2001. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/01tr001.cfm

MLA:

Chastek, G., Donohoe, P., Kang, K., & Thiel, S. 2001. Product Line Analysis: A Practical Introduction (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2001-TR-001). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/01tr001.cfm

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