Capability Assessment of Software Product Line Processes in Defense Industry

The Software Product Line (SPL) approach is used to enhance reuse, increase quality, and reduce cost and the project completion time of the developed products. To gain these benefits, companies want to assess their current SPL capability/maturity level and to achieve guidance for improvement. The Software Product Line Capability Maturity Model (SPL-CMM) aims to provide a generic assessment methodology that different companies can use. This research aims to apply SPL-CMM in a defense company that has already been studying the SPL transformation. The SPL-CMM has two dimensions: process and capability. The process dimension includes 16 SPL-speciflc processes. The case study includes assessing these 16 SPL-speciflc processes performed in the Company, determining their current process capability levels, and derivation of a road-map for improving to the next capability level. The results support that SPL-CMM is applicable and usable in the defense industry.