The incremental return on investment originated from improved efficiencies at the tactical developer level. Developers spent less time manipulating the configuration management tool, navigating and making cloned modifications on intricate file-by-file branch structures. As a result they could spend more time developing new features.

Leveraging core software assets and competencies: After creating the production infrastructure and formal core software assets, the Engenio team could readily identify significant benefits of the new methodology and technology. This approach enabled the team to focus more time and energy on creating new features and products, while spending less time on labor intensive overhead. Engenio has experienced a 50% increase in development capacity and this number continues to grow.

As Engenio shifts its development team focus to core software assets rather than products, further reductions in development overhead are being achieved by leveraging the growing domain expertise of asset teams. Engenio anticipates that their new software product line approach will significantly increase their ability to respond to changing customer requirements, as well as strengthen collaboration and effectiveness for their geographically distributed development staff.

Additional Information

The authors of this article presented the Engenio success story at SPLC 2005 in Rennes, France, September 28, 2005. This resulted in Engenio becoming an elected nominee for the 2006 Software Product Line Hall of Fame. A more detailed case study of this success story will also be presented at OOPSLA 2006, October 24, 2006.

For more information, contact the authors via the links at the beginning of this article.

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