what is a software factory exactly?
First and foremost a software factory is a software development tool. Built by developers, primarily for developers, architects, and others roles in the software development life cycle, such as designers, testers, business analysts project managers. This ‘tool’ is used to manage and automate the assembly and/or configuration of a software solution that addresses a well-known, specific business/problem domain, and is primarily used to create an executable solution from that. How does a software factory differ from other general development tools and technologies we use today, such as C#, VB, and Visual Studio? A software factory is a specific domain focused tool, with a specific set of instructions, targeted at solving a small specific business/problem domain. Whereas, a general development tool like C# or VB is used to build basically anything we want (within limits of course) it’s a relatively unspecific tool, used to solve any business/problem domain. The point here is that a general
