Paper Info
Title
Software Application Platforms: From Product Architecture to Integrated Application Strategy
Abstract
One promising approach to more effective software development is the concept of product platform originated from mechanical engineering, aiming at architectural product families instead of a portfolio of separate products. The concept was also offered for development of software applications. Based on our literature review we argue that the presented "software platforms" intermixed the product and process platform approaches, leaving the borderline to re-use and component oriented software engineering methods unclear.We propose a new application frame concept that conserves the original objective of the product platform. To manage the complex interaction with the software process we propose that the software application frame should be taken as a strategic issue, where three software application sub-strategies are aligned (integrated). These are the structural (application architecture), the process (underlying technology), and the software application leverage. We propose effectiveness criteria and generic alignment processes for the frame strategy and discuss implications of the new framework for software development practices.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1109/CMPSAC.2002.1045040
COMPSAC
Keywords
Field
DocType
software application leverage,integrated application strategy,software application,software engineering method,software application platforms,product architecture,software platform,software application sub-strategies,product platform,effective software development,software application frame,software development practice,software process,product development,software engineering,programming,application architecture,mechanical engineering,software architecture,application software,software development,computer architecture
Personal software process,Software engineering,Systems engineering,Computer science,Package development process,Software development process,Resource-oriented architecture,Software construction,Software development,Software framework,Social software engineering
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0730-3157
0-7695-1727-7
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.42
3
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Markku Sääksjärvi1225.58