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Software product lines are rapidly emerging as a viable and important software development paradigm. The Software Engineering Institute defines basic concepts and the activities and practices that ensure success. The author shares how-to's, success stories, and lessons learned while defining and applying this approach.

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European companies have been involved in cooperative product family development projects, funded by the European Union and by local governments, for the past seven years. The projects have grown from small EU-funded projects with a few partners to large-scale projects funded within the ITEA framework by national governments. The author gives an overview of the relationship between the different projects, the topics each has addressed, and the main results obtained thus far.