How are SOA and software product line approaches alike?

Both approaches promote reuse by developing applications or products based on a set of reusable components. Those components are developed with well-defined interfaces and processes that specify how the components are to be used, which enables applications or products to be produced in less time. Adopting either approach requires implementing similar organizational policies and practices necessary to adopt a new technology or a new way of doing business. SOA and software product lines share many of the same organizational issues, such as planning, funding, tool support, training, and the need to change the organizational mindset toward reuse. When starting to use either approach, it is imperative for both SOA and software product line efforts to have organizational commitment and a champion. Both approaches focus on identifying the application building blocks or reusable components associated with the application(s). In SOA, services represent the reusable building blocks. Core ...  more

Both approaches promote reuse by developing applications/products based on a set of reusable components. Those components are developed with well-defined interfaces and processes that specify how the components are to be used, which enables applications/products to be produced in less time. Adopting either approach requires implementing similar organizational policies and practices necessary to adopt a new technology or a new way of doing business. SOA and software product lines share many of the same organizational issues such as planning, funding, tool support, training, and the need to change the organizational mindset towards reuse. When starting to use either approach, it is imperative for both SOA and software product line efforts to have organizational commitment and a champion. Both approaches focus on identifying the application building blocks or reusable components associated with the application(s). In SOA, services represent the reusable building blocks. Core assets are ...  more

Both approaches promote reuse by developing applications/products based on a set of reusable components. Those components are developed with well-defined interfaces and processes that specify how the components are to be used, which enables applications/products to be produced in less time.Adopting either approach requires implementing similar organizational policies and practices necessary to adopt a new technology or a new way of doing business. SOA and software product lines share many of the same organizational issues such as planning, funding, tool support, training, and the need to change the organizational mindset towards reuse. When starting to use either approach, it is imperative for both SOA and software product line efforts to have organizational commitment and a champion.Both approaches focus on identifying the application building blocks or reusable components associated with the application(s). In SOA, services represent the reusable building blocks. Core assets are ...  more