Guidelines for Developing a Product Line Production Plan
[Pages:15]Guidelines for Developing a Product Line Production Plan
Gary Chastek John D. McGregor June 2002
TECHNICAL REPORT CMU/SEI-2002-TR-006 ESC-TR-2002-006
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Guidelines for Developing a Product Line Production Plan
CMU/SEI-2002-TR-006 ESC-TR-2002-006 Gary Chastek John D. McGregor June 2002 Product Line Practice Initiative
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Table of Contents
Abstract..................................................................................................................vii
1 Introduction .....................................................................................................1 1.1 Production Plan .........................................................................................2 1.2 Creating the Product Line Production Plan ................................................4 1.3 Using the Production Plan .........................................................................6
2 Relevant Characteristics of Product Lines ....................................................7 2.1 Practice Area Expertise .............................................................................7 2.2 Market Maturity..........................................................................................8 2.3 Automated Product Creation .....................................................................8 2.4 Classification of a Product Line .................................................................9
3 Issues in Building a Production Plan........................................................... 11 3.1 Production Strategy .................................................................................12 3.1.1 Qualities of the Production Strategy.............................................12 3.1.2 Influences on the Production Strategy..........................................13 3.1.3 Interactions Between the Production Strategy and Core Assets...15 3.2 Product Developer's Perspective.............................................................15 3.3 Building the Production Plan....................................................................16 3.3.1 Plan Structure ..............................................................................16 3.3.2 Core Assets .................................................................................17
4 Describing the Product Development Process ...........................................19 4.1 Example 1 ...............................................................................................20 4.2 Example 2 ...............................................................................................21 4.3 Example 3 ...............................................................................................22
5 Specializing the Production Plan for a Specific Product ............................23 5.1 Selecting and Ordering Process Steps ....................................................23 5.2 Developing the Bill of Materials ...............................................................24 5.3 Management Estimates...........................................................................25 5.4 Maintaining the Production Plan ..............................................................26
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6 Using the Production Plan ........................................................................... 29 6.1 Interactions ............................................................................................. 29 6.1.1 Software Development Processes............................................... 29 6.1.2 Product Development Processes................................................. 30 6.2 Using the Plan Before Product Creation.................................................. 31 6.3 Using the Plan During Product Development .......................................... 32 6.4 Using the Plan After Product Development ............................................. 33
7 Evaluating the Production Plan ................................................................... 35 7.1 Characteristics of Good Plans................................................................. 35 7.1.1 Appropriateness for Purpose ....................................................... 35 7.1.2 Clarity .......................................................................................... 35 7.1.3 Brevity ......................................................................................... 36 7.1.4 Sufficient Detail ........................................................................... 36 7.1.5 Internal Modularity ....................................................................... 36 7.1.6 Internal and External Consistency and Traceability ..................... 36 7.1.7 Usability....................................................................................... 37 7.2 Evaluation Metrics................................................................................... 37 7.3 Evaluating the Plan ................................................................................. 37
8 Future Work................................................................................................... 39
Appendix Practice Areas of the Product Builder Pattern ............................. 41
References............................................................................................................. 49
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List of Figures
Figure 1: Relationships Between Core-Asset Developers and Product Developers ...............................................................................................5
Figure 2: Classification Dimensions.........................................................................9 Figure 3: Product Line Evolution Along the Classification Dimensions...................10 Figure 4: Production Strategy ................................................................................ 11 Figure 5: Dynamic Structure of the Product Builder Pattern...................................20 Figure 6: Dynamic Structure of the Product Generation Variant.............................21 Figure 7: Configurations of Production Plans ........................................................27 Figure 8: Integration of the Software and Product Development Processes ..........31 Figure 9: The Product Builder Pattern ...................................................................41 Figure 10: Use Case Dependencies........................................................................43
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