Software Product Lines are used by diverse types of organisation regardless of their size, maturity and target markets.

Software Product Lines have proved particularly successful for developers of embedded systems e.g. engine-management and other automotive systems, mobile phone applications such as GUIs and games, telecomms systems and medical devices.

But Software Product Lines have also been successfully adopted by organisations operating in non-embedded domains such as:

• Enterprise Systems such as Online Marketing Analytics and Web-based Quote Management services
• Grid computing services
• Legal expert systems
• Livestock management systems

One final point, although most Software Product Lines are for off-the-shelf products, Software Product Lines may also be applicable to software consultancies or in-house development groups developing systems in a project-based manner. The key here is whether there is sufficient in common between the organisation's different 'products' to justify investment in systematic reuse.

Read about pure::variants, a tool for developing Software Product Lines.

Find out whether or not to start a Software Product Line.

Read about how to start a Software Product Line.