By Paul Clements - Software Product Lines: Practices and Patterns: 1st (first) Edition

SEI Series in Software Engineering

by Paul Clements

Long a standard practice in traditional manufacturing, the concept of product lines is relatively new to the software industry. A software product line is a family of systems that share a common set of core technical assets, with preplanned extensions and variations to address the needs of specific customers or market segments. Software organizations of all types and sizes are discovering that when skillfully implemented, a product line strategy can yield enormous gains in productivity, quality, and time-to-market.

"Software Product Lines" is the culmination of an intensive investigation, undertaken by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon, into how leading-edge software development organizations have "retooled" for product lines. With explanations of fundamental concepts further illuminated by real-world experience, this book spells out the technical issues involved in adopting a product line strategy, as well as the organizational and management issues that are so critical for success. In providing a comprehensive set of practices and patterns, this book defines and explores the key activities for software product line development and explains specific practice areas in engineering, technical management, and organizational management.

Highlights


The benefits of a software product line approach, including actual improvement data from industrial success stories
Methods to develop a reusable base of core assets and to develop products that utilize that core
Common problems paired with concrete solutions in the form of reusable software product pine patterns
Twenty-nine practice areas for successful implementation, including architecture definition, component development, configuration management, market analysis, and training
The product line technical probe for identifying technical and organizational weaknesses that could impede success
Three detailed case studies from the industry lead you step by step through the process of developing and managing software product lines, illustrating potential pitfalls, creative solutions, and the ultimate rewards. Discussion questions, sidebars, and real-world anecdotes from the trenches reveal the collective wisdom of those on the front line of software product line ventures.
0201703327B09102001

Genres: Software

Hardcover

First published August 30, 2001

Reviews

[Eduardo Xavier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Encontrei boas discussões sobre como organizar uma empresa que vende software. Mas não é um livro simples de ler e as vezes fica chato. Bom, eu sempre volto nele para reler capítulos isolados e que me apoiam nas reflexões antes de tomar decisões complicadas em termos técnicos e de gerenciamento.

[Tom Newman]

THE book that influenced me to join Argon.

[Chris Corbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great introduction and reference. The style of these SEI books is a little more scholastic than I like but IMO the subject matter is the future of software architecture.

[Nitin Jain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Software Product Lines: Practices and Patterns
by Paul Clements

[Heather]

Must read for work. Why aren't you available on Kindle, you giant heavy book, you? =(