Integrating product family modeling with development management in agile methods
Mikko Raatikainen, Kristian Rautiainen, Varvana Myllärniemi, Tomi Männistö · 2008
Software product families and agile development have emerged as a popular means in software engineering. In this position paper, we discuss how development management in agile methods can be integrated with software product family structure modeling. The integration aims towards improving software product family development governance by providing technology in terms of concepts and even automated tool support for planning, monitoring and controlling the development work for different stakeholders. For example, integration provides support for prioritization of development tasks and enables monitoring the development status of products in a software product family, for example. The feasibility of integration is shown by combining Kumbang and Agilefant conceptualizations and respective prototype tools.