Further to my previous post on Agile Product Line Engineering I should mention that I’m taking part in a research project that is investigating the integration of agile and product line approaches, specifically in requirements engineering.

As you may be aware, an emerging problem in the product line engineering community is how to effectively integrate agile development principles with product line engineering techniques, which have tended to be more plan-oriented.

Our research group is investigating this problem. More specifically, we are focusing on the definition of a collection of re-usable process patterns to support the requirements engineering (RE) activities for single and product line development. The process patterns are going to be tailored versions of the (standard) Unified Process, defined by the OMG. RE activities include elicitation, negotiation, specification, analysis, and management. The process patterns will support different degrees of agility for projects.

Recognizing there is a substantial body of knowledge in the community (both researchers and practitioners), our group is working to collect and embody the expertise in a system. The system will be freely available for use.

We would sincerely appreciate your contribution to this collection of knowledge by filling in our questionnaire.

Your contribution (individual or organization) can be either anonymous or publicly recognized, as you choose. This is an option when you fill in the questionnaire.

The questionnaire is at: http://129.110.92.41/REProcess.aspx and takes around 10 minutes to complete.

Thank you very much!

Kunwu Feng, University of Texas at Dallas
Kendra Cooper, University of Texas at Dallas
Mark Dalgarno, Software Acumen
Frank Maurer, University of Calgary