Description

A software product line (SPL) is a set of software products that share a common, managed set of features and that together address the needs of a particular market segment or mission. They are developed from a common set of core assets in a planned way. By developing large software systems in this way companies can produce a set of products more economically since the development effort put into the shared assets need not be duplicated. SPLs can also help companies to better address product customization tasks to meet specific needs of individual customers. This makes it possible to sustain a high rate of product innovation, while keeping guaranteed levels of overall system performance and quality. The fundamental concept of a software product line is a domain specific product architecture based upon a layered set of platforms. The issues in software product line are not just technical but also include process, organizational and business considerations.

Program

Software Engineering bachelor`s degree Program

Objectives

• Explain software product line (SPL) component development and how it differs from developing normal SW component developments.
  Assess SPL implementations using evaluation frameworks for SPL assessments, in particular maturity frameworks.
  Explain how verification and validation activities in SPL software development compared to conventional software development.
  Explain the challenges with large-scale software reuse and customization and explains how SPL tries to alleviate them.
  Recognize the situations in which SPL is an appropriate approach to software development.
  Perform scoping and domain analysis.
  Analyze a SPL architecture/design.
  Use some contemporary technologies for SPLE.
  Implement a SPL from a given software project.
  Assess the maturity and potential for a company to implement or extend an SPL way of working in their software development.
  Judges, on the basis of a software development situation, and tool limitations and capabilities, whether SPL is an appropriate approach or not.