@techreport {Schmid00d,
author={Klaus Schmid},
title={Product Line Mapping Report},
institution={Fraunhofer IESE, Germany},
number={028.00/E},
year={2000},
type={IESE-Report},
abstract={As opposed to traditional domain analysis approaches [Ara89, KCH+90,PD87], the product line mapping approach starts by thoroughly analyzing the product development plans. Thus it is akin to industrial strength domain analysis approaches like ODM [ODM96] or Synthesis [RSP93], but actually goes further in its product orientation. However, the approach given here is explicitly not meant as a full-fledged domain analysis approach, but aims at identifying solely the information necessary as a prerequisite to scoping. Thus, the aimed-at endresult is solely to identify the major products and how they differ in terms of features they support. For identifying the products, the relevant subdomains and their interrelationships the following approach is used: 1 Identify the existing and future systems that may be relevant to the product line. 2 Develop an overview plan of these products. 3 Identify the major functions/features that are relevant to the functionality of these systems. (Thisencompasses end-user features as well as internal functions.) 4 Group these functions into major functional areas (initial domains). 5 Develop an overview of the domains that shows the interrelations among them. 6 Analyze the information for the presence of additional internal domains. 7 Ensure consistency with existing systems. 8 Develop initial product/function matrix In the following sections we describe in more detail how to perform each of these steps.}
}