Software Product Lines
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What is a Software Product Line? |
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A software product line (SPL) is a set of software-intensive systems that share a common, managed set of features satisfying the specific needs of a particular market segment or mission and that are developed from a common set of core assets in a prescribed way. Why are Software Product Lines Important?Software product lines are rapidly emerging as a viable and important software development paradigm allowing companies to realize order-of-magnitude improvements in time to market, cost, productivity, quality, and other business drivers. Software product line engineering can also enable rapid market entry and flexible response, and provide a capability for mass customization. |
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Framework for Software Product Line Practice, Version 5
A Framework for Software Product Line Practice, Version 5, is now available.
A Framework for Software Product Line Practice is a Web-based, living document that aids the software community in software product line endeavors. Each version represents an incremental attempt to capture the latest information about successful software product line practices.
Arcade Game Maker Model Product Line
The Arcade Game Maker Pedagogical Product Line is an example product line created to support learning about and experimenting with software product lines. The example includes a set of actual product line assets and products, classroom-tested instructional material, and suggested exercises using the assets of the product line.
The SEI and Software Product Lines
The SEI's Product Line Systems Program, through the work of the Product Line Practice Initiative, has championed these ideas and pioneered many of the practices that characterize the software product line approach to software development. We are working to make software product line practice a dependable low-risk high-payoff practice that combines the necessary business and technical approaches to achieve success. We are a part of a growing community of researchers interested in maturing product line engineering.
Software Product Lines Knowledge and Expertise
Through this web page, you can:
- Find out why software product lines are so successful and how they work.
- Learn from others: Read experience reports or download case studies about organizations that have succeeded with software product line engineering, including those in the Software Product Line Hall of Fame.
- Read about essential activities and practices in the Framework for Software Product Line Practice.
- Find out how to get started, how to adopt software product line practices in your organization, and what diagnostic instruments are available to help you make the transition.
- Learn about the SEI Product Line Curriculum.
- Discover software product line practice patterns and how to apply them.
- Learn about an economic model for software product lines.
- See how to write a business case, production plan, or concept of operations for a software product line.
- Learn about product line analysis and software architectures for product lines.
- Read about software product line practice for acquisition organizations such as the U. S. Department of Defense.
Work Directly With Us
Learn how you can engage the SEI to help your organization undertake successful software product line engineering through our family of software product line products and services.
Interact with us!
Tell us about upcoming events with themes related to software product lines. Send us pointers to related web sites. Write us about your organization's software product line experiences. Add to the software product line bibliography.
What's the best paper or book on product lines? We are attempting to capture a list of the "best of the best" books and papers that every software product line engineer should read. This list will be generated by nominations from the software engineering community. Would you like to nominate a paper or book for the product line engineer's essential bookshelf? All nominations will become part of the collection and listed as part of this web site.
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