Value-based portfolio scoping: An industrial case study

Customization is considered as a promising way for better satisfying diversity of customer needs. In organizations short of resources, it is a frequent challenge to get balance between development and customization workload in order to ensure product success as well as customer satisfaction. In this paper, we proposed a value-based product portfolio scoping approach to determine optimal product scale for planning software product line adoption. The approach blends existing methods in domain analysis, requirements clustering, and valuation theory. An industrial case study is presented to demonstrate the application of the approach and its effectiveness.