A Collaborative Method for Scoping Software Product Lines: A Case Study in a Small Software Company

SPL scoping is the activity for bounding Software Product Lines (SPL), gathering heterogeneous knowledge from diverse sources. For achieving an agreement among different stakeholders, a commonalty scope must be understood and committed to. However, this stakeholders with individual interests complex task. This paper reports experience of small Colombian software company, applying evaluating collaborative method called CoMeS-SPL. The company was looking to develop set products product previously developed great potential adapted sold customers. From relationship university–enterprise model, research groups that CoMeS-SPL proposed use it answering needs defining organization-suitable reuse around its platform CORA. Both parties joined in co-production first company. implied would perform new tasks involve other roles those who are used single product. actors considered they obtained useful perceived collaboration as valuable because shared perspectives. researchers were able provide feedback on their identifying successes aspects improve. allowed strengthening ties cooperation projects consultancies being carried out.