Guest Editors' Introduction: Successful Software Product Line Practices

  • Authors:
  • John D. McGregor;Dirk Muthig;Kentaro Yoshimura;Paul Jensen

  • Affiliations:
  • Clemson University;Lufthansa Systems;Hitachi;OverWatch Textron

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Software
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Using software product lines to create a shared set of features can increase productivity and reduce costs for organizations. Successful software product lines share certain commonalities but also differ in certain ways, depending on diverse aspects of the products and the product lines themselves. Five vignettes of the successful implementation of software product lines discuss practices at Cummins, Hitachi, Hewlett-Packard, OverWatch, and SystemForge.