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After general introduction to Software Product Lines (SPL), we focus on variability management, a key technical challenge for effective reuse. We discuss reasons why commonly used variation techniques (pre-processing, configuration files) do not scale well. We present merits (visibility of feature impact on core assets, automation of product derivation, support for evolution and scalability), and trade-offs (need for skilful design and training) in applying uniform variation technique, design specifically to manage variability in SPLs.
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Jarzabek, S. (2011). Pragmatic Strategies for Variability Management in Software Product Lines. In: Schmid, K. (eds) Top Productivity through Software Reuse. ICSR 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6727. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21347-2_22
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