Title
Risk management in software product lines: an industrial case study
Abstract
Software Product Lines (SPL) adoption can affect several aspects of an organization and it involves significant investment and risk. This way, SPL risk management is a crucial activity of SPL adoption. This study aims to identify SPL risks during the scoping and requirement disciplines to provide information to better understand risk management in SPL. In order to achieve the previous stated goal, a case study research was applied in an industrial project in the medical information management domain. Using the captured risks, a classification scheme was built and risk mitigation strategies were identified. We spent five months, totaling 79 hours, performing risk management (RM) in the scoping discipline and twelve months, totaling 148 hours, performing RM on the requirements discipline. We identified 32 risks during the scoping discipline and 20 risks during the requirements discipline, 14 risks occurred in both disciplines. Some identified risks are not particular to SPL development, however, they have their impact increased due to the SPL characteristic. All the study results and lessons learned are useful for all project managers and researchers who are considering the introduction of SPL risk management in industry or academia.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/ICSSP.2012.6225963
ICSSP
Keywords
Field
DocType
requirement disciplines,software management,spl,scoping disciplines,medical information management,software product lines,case study research,rm,case study,industrial case study,risk management,software engineering,risk mitigation,documentation,information management,interviews
Information management,Risk analysis (business),Classification scheme,Knowledge management,Risk analysis (engineering),Risk management,Software,Engineering,Documentation
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4673-2350-5
5
0.46
References 
Authors
12
5