Agile product-line architecting in practice: A case study in smart grids

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 727-748

  Díaz, Jessica ^a   Pérez, Jennifer ^a   Garbajosa, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agile product line architecting; Agile product line engineering; Case study; Change impact analysis; Product line architectural knowledge

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESEARCH; SMART POWER GRIDS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

AGILE PRODUCT-LINE ARCHITECTING; ARCHITECTURAL KNOWLEDGE; CHANGE IMPACT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; PRODUCT LINE ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT LINE ENGINEERING; QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINE ENGINEERINGS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84898810060     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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