Software Product Line Engineering

by Klaus Pohl, Günter Böckle, Frank J. van der Linden

This textbook addresses students, professionals, lecturers and researchers interested in software product line engineering. With more than 100 examples and about 150 illustrations, the authors describe in detail the essential foundations, principles and techniques of software product line engineering. The authors are professionals and researchers who significantly influenced the software product line engineering paradigm and successfully applied software product line engineering principles in industry. They have structured this textbook around a comprehensive product line framework. Software product line engineering has proven to be the paradigm for developing a diversity of software products and software-intensive systems in shorter time, at lower cost, and with higher quality. It facilitates platform-based development and mass customisation. The authors elaborate on the two key principles behind software product line engineering: (1) the separation of software development in two distinct processes, domain and application engineering; (2) the explicit definition and management of the variability of the product line across all development artefacts. As a student, you will find a detailed description of the key processes, their activities and underlying techniques for defining and managing software product line artefacts. As a researcher or lecturer, you will find a comprehensive discussion of the state of the art organised around the comprehensive framework. As a professional, you will find guidelines for introducing this paradigm in your company and an overview of industrial experiences with software product line engineering.

494 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 19, 2005

Reviews

[Regis Hattori · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did not read all the book. There is a lot of boring and uninteresting material, especially when it talks about all the processes and artifacts of the framework. But there are some parts that really worth reading.

The introduction is the best part of the book. It is very well explained with good examples and in a way that everyone can understand. The parts that talks about Variability and Domain Testing are good as well to understand the problems we need to manage when using Software Product Lines. There are also some good insights about organization aspects.

But it is important to say that the book is very theoretical and it is very difficult to really understand all the tradeoffs. Even the best parts of the book just present the subjects in a high level of detail.