Software Product Line Engineering: Foundations, Principles and Techniques

by Klaus Pohl, Günter Böckle, Frank J. van der Linden

Software product line engineering has proven to be the methodology for developing a diversity of software products and software intensive systems at lower costs, in shorter time, and with higher quality. In this book, Pohl and his co-authors present a framework for software product line engineering which they have developed based on their academic as well as industrial experience gained in projects over the last eight years. They do not only detail the technical aspect of the development, but also an integrated view of the business, organisation and process aspects are given. In addition, they explicitly point out the key differences of software product line engineering compared to traditional single software system development, as the need for two distinct development processes for domain and application engineering respectively, or the need to define and manage variability.

493 pages, Hardcover

First published September 19, 2005

Reviews

[Regis Hattori · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did not read all the book. There is a lot of boring and uninteresting material, especially when it talks about all the processes and artifacts of the framework. But there are some parts that really worth reading.

The introduction is the best part of the book. It is very well explained with good examples and in a way that everyone can understand. The parts that talks about Variability and Domain Testing are good as well to understand the problems we need to manage when using Software Product Lines. There are also some good insights about organization aspects.

But it is important to say that the book is very theoretical and it is very difficult to really understand all the tradeoffs. Even the best parts of the book just present the subjects in a high level of detail.