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Software component technologies have not yet been generally accepted by embedded-systems industries. In order to better understand why this is the case, we present a set of requirements, based on industrial needs, that are deemed decisive for introducing a component technology. The requirements we present can be used to evaluate existing component technologies before introducing them in an industrial context. They can also be used to guide modifications and/or extensions to component technologies, to make them better suited for industrial deployment. One of our findings is that a major source of requirements is non-technical in its nature. For a component technology to become a viable solution in an industrial context, its impact on the overall development process needs to be addressed. This includes issues like component life-cycle management, and support for the ability to gradually migrate into the new technology.
This work is supported by Volvo Construction Equipment, CC Systems, and KKS (The Knowledge Foundation), within the project HEAVE.
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Möller, A., Fröberg, J., Nolin, M. (2004). Industrial Requirements on Component Technologies for Embedded Systems. In: Crnkovic, I., Stafford, J.A., Schmidt, H.W., Wallnau, K. (eds) Component-Based Software Engineering. CBSE 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3054. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24774-6_15
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