Effect Of Product Lines On Current Process Technology

Abstract

In this discussion of the implications of product lines on current procc ss technology, the key characteristic of product lines was identified as the development and reuse of assets of vu rious kinds. Two primary themes emerged: 1) mechanisms for representing generic processes or families of processes, and 2) the implications of viewing process technology very broadly as any technology that helps or enables the enactment of a process. Addressing the requiremmts on process technology for product lines-whethe r those requirements are unique or notoffered a way IO discuss potential advances in the field.