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The challenges of broadening the scope of software product families

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 49, Issue 12

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1183236.1183263

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Addressing the challenges involved in broadening the scope of software product families.

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The challenges of broadening the scope of software product families
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development process management
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software configuration management and version control systems

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December 2006

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