Software Factory Specification

Summary

Herewith we conclude the PLA whose result is the Software Factory specification. This analysis first of all documents what business problems must be solved by the factory. On top of this, it provides an inventory of solutions to these business problems as a starting point for subsequent activities.

Please keep in mind that the techniques that we described in this chapter, such as feature matrices and feature modeling, are nothing set in stone. Feature modeling is especially useful for product line development when you need to determine the common and variable features of a domain. Further down the road, when it comes to actually implementing a product line member, these feature models will not be dry documentation. Instead they will become part of the Software Factory implementation. We recommend that you take these practices as a basis and incorporate them into an analysis process that fits your particular Software Factory and development environment.