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Towards Systems and Software Product Line Management Implementation in Extended Enterprise
Author(s) -
Mauersberger Ralf,
Reyterou Claude
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2016.00274.x
Subject(s) - computer science , reusability , risk analysis (engineering) , software engineering , scalability , software product line , systems engineering , scope (computer science) , process management , software , software development , engineering , database , business , programming language
In large, transnational organizations like the Airbus Group, which is developing highly complex, long‐leading products and services in multidisciplinary environments, the Systems and Software Product Lines Management (SPL) is of high interest because it offers the capability to manage high levels of commonality between product variants as well as maximize reusability. However, issues like the compatibility of development artefacts from one program to the other and the storage of information in several separated data repositories currently lead to manual treatment of variability and reusability, which is prone to errors, not traceable and being very limited in scope. These issues are likely to become ever more challenging and complex with future programs based on high levels of customization and challenging production ramp‐up to produce complex products in very short term. In such a situation, the faster definition of new product families with the benefits of SPL should encompass the needs to integrate SPL concepts across all engineering phases and artefacts. It should also enable multi‐system requirements with regard to reusability of components or incremental certification and assure efficient development, cost transparency and scalability of the solution space. In this vision paper, we present the initial results of our investigations on Systems and Software Product Line Management based on a thorough survey of State of the Art Theory and Practice approaches discussed in the scientific community and applied by other industries. Consequently we use this information to derive possible perspectives for introducing a systematic and low risk approach for SPL in order to support the divisions of Airbus Group to make a step forward in that direction.