Time: 10:00-11:00, April 9th, 2009
Place:Seminar Room (1208,1210), 12F, National Institute of Informatics
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Fee: Free
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Details:
Speaker: Professor Emeritus David Parnas, McMaster University
Title: Multi-Dimensional Software Families: Document Defined Partitions of
a Set of Products
Abstract:
More than 30 years after it was proposed that a set of closely-related programs
would be easier to maintain than a set of independently developed programs,
the software industry is still struggling with the complex problem of making
updates to product lines made up of “almost alike” products.
This talk discusses 4 main topics:
* The advantages that accrue if a software product-line is a program
family.