Title :
Requirements engineering for product families
Author :
Kuusela, Juha ; Savolainen, Juha
Author_Institution :
Software Technol. Lab., Nokia Res. Center, Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
In search of improved software quality and high productivity, software reuse has become a key research area. One of the most promising reuse approaches is product families. However, current practices in requirements engineering do not support product families. The paper describes a definition hierarchy method for requirements capturing, structuring, analysis and documentation. This method helps to identify architectural drivers of the product family and shows how different products in the family vary
Keywords :
formal specification; software quality; software reusability; systems analysis; architectural drivers; definition hierarchy method; documentation; product families; productivity; requirements capture; requirements engineering; reuse approaches; software quality; software reuse; Cultural differences; Design engineering; Documentation; Globalization; Laboratories; Permission; Product design; Product development; Productivity; Software quality;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Limerick
Print_ISBN :
1-58113-206-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICSE.2000.870397
