Enduring Ideas in the Realm of Software
How do you group your products into product lines? You first create a grid of your business segments and your architecture styles to help group related products. Next, you analyze quality attribute requirements to understand the needs of the product line. Finally, create a shared architecture, infrastructure, and process for the product line. In A …
How do you structure a team around product lines? Largely, it depends on the size and scope of your organization and product lines. A small organization (30 people or less) can use a development department. Larger organizations use business units to focus on the different functional and technical areas of the project. Another option is …
What is a software product line and why should you care? A software product line is a family of products that share characteristics. The idea is that a product line can help you reduce cost, while improving delivery time and quality, by sharing process, components, infrastructure and knowledge. In A Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture …
I think application types, verticals, and scenarios are a helpful backdrop for product-line engineering. You can use it to organize policies and requirements. It’s a way to increase precision. For example, it’s one thing to build a Web application. It’s another to build a Web application for a financial institution. How you implement security, performance, …
