Product Line State of the Practice Report

Sholom Cohen

CMU/SEI-2002-TN-017

September 2002 (published October 2002)

Product Line Systems

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[Title Page] [Abstract] [Executive Summary] [1 The On-Board Driver-Monitoring Business Unit] [2 What is Meant by a Product Line?] [3 What Approaches Are Organizations Taking for Asset and Product Development?] [4 What Are the Benefits?] [5 What Are the Challenges and Risks?] [6 How to Proceed] [7 Summary] [A Software Product Line Questionnaire] [B Results of the Software Product Line Workshop] [C Workshop Report] [References] [DTIC page] [PDF file]

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