Strategies for Dealing With Software Product Management Challenges

Pragmatic Strategies for Variability Management in Software Product Lines

Setting up and stabilizing reusable core assets for a family of similar products is the first step towards reuse via software Product Line (SPL) approach. Additional variation mechanisms are applied to help in configuring and customizing core assets during reuse-based derivation of custom products. Initially, companies tend to adopt simple variation mechanisms such as preprocessing, parameter f...

The Weakest Link: Risk Management Strategies for Dealing with Interdependencies

Networks increase interdependencies and this creates challenges for managing risks. This is especially apparent in areas such as security and enterprise risk management, where the actions of a single player in an interconnected network can wreak havoc on everyone in the network. The network, in this case, is only as strong as its weakest link. There are related problems in encouraging investmen...

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Software Ecosystems: From Software Product Management to Software Platform Management

Presently, it is impossible to use software product management practices and tools for software platforms that operate in software ecosystems. The extensive and mature Software Product Management Competence Model cannot easily be applied in this context. In this paper the Software Product Management Competence Model is ported towards keystone players in software ecosystems, to create the new So...

Product Lifecycle Management Challenges in

In today’s world, products are designed, manufactured, distributed across multiple countries and boundaries. The implementation of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) in a global marketplace faces new challenges in structurally different, yet closely interconnected economies. This paper first details the challenges on language differences, culture gaps, multiple standards and customization in th...