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Widening the Scope of Software Product Lines — From Variation to Composition

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Software Product Lines (SPLC 2002)

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Architecture, components and reuse form the key elements to build a large variety of complex, high-quality products with a short lead-time. But the balance between an architecture-driven and a component-driven approach is influenced by the scope of the product line and the characteristics of the development organization. This paper discusses that balance and claims that a paradigm shift from variation to composition is necessary to cope with an increasing diversity of products created by an ever-larger part of an organization. We illustrate our claim with various examples.

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  1. Department of Computing Science, University of Groningen, PO Box 800, 9700 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Rob van Ommering

  2. Philips Research Laboratories, Prof. Holstlaan 4, 5656 AA, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Jan Bosch

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  1. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 4500 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Gary J. Chastek

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van Ommering, R., Bosch, J. (2002). Widening the Scope of Software Product Lines — From Variation to Composition. In: Chastek, G.J. (eds) Software Product Lines. SPLC 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2379. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45652-X_21

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