Basic Concepts of Product Line Practice for the DoD

Abstract

Industrial experience demonstrates clearly that a product line approach for software-intensive systems can save money and result in faster time to field higher quality systems. Many within the Department of Defense (DoD) recognize the benefits of product lines, but also recognize that there are significant challenges to adopting this approach. Many of these challenges stem from the fact that the DoD is in the business of acquiring systems rather than developing them. The Product Line Systems Program is publishing a series of technical notes designed to condense knowledge about product line acquisition practices into a concise and usable form for the DoD acquisition manager and practitioner. This technical note provides background information about product lines to serve as a foundation for other technical notes in this series. Key terms, concepts, and benefits of a product line approach are given. Additionally, concepts of product line acquisition in a DoD context are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA375859

Entities

People

  • Brian Gallagher
  • John Bergey
  • Lawrence Jones
  • Linda M. Northrop
  • Matt Fisher

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Application Software
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Commerce
  • Communication Systems
  • Contractors
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Homosexuality
  • Procurement
  • Product Development
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Economics
  • Software Engineering.