Experiences with software product family evolution

@inproceedings{citeulike:1610716, abstract = {The evolution of product family typically oscillates between growing and consolidating phases. The migration path starts from a copy/paste approach that offers the fastest time-to-market and then moves towards a mature software platform that offers a higher throughput of products. We have identified several issues that harm the evolution of the family: new requirements that can break the architectural integrity of the family, increasing level of bureaucracy in the organization and a slower process of change. We present two approaches for coping with the family evolution: architecture assessment and architecture reconstruction. We also present Nokia case studies where the methods have been successfully applied.}, author = {Riva, C. and Del Rosso, C. }, booktitle = {Software Evolution, 2003. Proceedings. Sixth International Workshop on Principles of}, citeulike-article-id = {1610716}, journal = {Software Evolution, 2003. Proceedings. Sixth International Workshop on Principles of}, keywords = {evolution, experiences, family, product, software, with}, pages = {161--169}, posted-at = {2007-08-31 13:47:48}, priority = {5}, title = {Experiences with software product family evolution}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs\_all.jsp?arnumber=1231223}, year = {2003} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:1610716 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1610716 TI - Experiences with software product family evolution T2 - Software Evolution, 2003. Proceedings. Sixth International Workshop on Principles of JF - Software Evolution, 2003. Proceedings. Sixth International Workshop on Principles of SP - 161 EP - 169 N2 - The evolution of product family typically oscillates between growing and consolidating phases. The migration path starts from a copy/paste approach that offers the fastest time-to-market and then moves towards a mature software platform that offers a higher throughput of products. We have identified several issues that harm the evolution of the family: new requirements that can break the architectural integrity of the family, increasing level of bureaucracy in the organization and a slower process of change. We present two approaches for coping with the family evolution: architecture assessment and architecture reconstruction. We also present Nokia case studies where the methods have been successfully applied. KW - evolution KW - experiences KW - family KW - product KW - software KW - with AU - Riva, C AU - Del Rosso, C PY - 2003/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1231223 ER -