Introducing product line architectures in the erp industry: Challenges and lessons learned

Haitham S. Hamza, Jabier Martinez, Carmen Alonso

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Abstract

Return on Investment (ROI) for companies involved in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system development depends on their flexibility to evolve, maintain, customize and configure their ERP product to respond to new business needs, deployment models and emerging market segments. In this particular aspect, ERP systems can get benefit from commonality and variability management concepts in order to improve evolution and maintainability. Moreover, Product Line Engineering (PLE) methods and practices can substantially reduce time and effort regarding the current complex and tedious configuration procedures that are not only resource-intensive, but also error-prone. This paper introduces practical experiences from the application of product line architectures (PLAs) in four companies of the ERP systems domain.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSPLC 2010 - Proceedings of the 14th International Software Product Line Conference
EditorsGoetz Botterweck, Stan Jarzabek, Tomoji Kishi, Jaejoon Lee, Steve Livengood
PublisherLancaster University
Pages263-265
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781862202740
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event14th International Software Product Line Conference, SPLC 2010 - Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 13 Sept 201017 Sept 2010

Publication series

NameSPLC 2010 - Proceedings of the 14th International Software Product Line Conference

Conference

Conference14th International Software Product Line Conference, SPLC 2010
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityJeju Island
Period13/09/1017/09/10

Keywords

  • Enterprise Resource Planning systems
  • Software Product Lines
  • Systematic reuse

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