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NEW METHODS IN SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE PRACTICE.

The article discusses software product line practice. Though tools and techniques for software development focus on developing individual products, companies can improve efficiency and manage rising development costs by creating product lines rather than single products. This allows them to reuse as...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 49; no. 12; pp. 37 - 41
Main Author: Krueger, Charles W.
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Dec2006
Subjects:
Computer software development
Product management
Product lines
Cost effectiveness
Industrial design
Commercial products
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses software product line practice. Though tools and techniques for software development focus on developing individual products, companies can improve efficiency and manage rising development costs by creating product lines rather than single products. This allows them to reuse assets across software products, while presenting a more cohesive end-user experience. Techniques that facilitate this process include software mass customization, minimally invasive transitions, and bounded combinatorics.