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In this paper we describe a case study of a company in the domain of automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) that is in the process of migrating from a previous generation of software product line, which has mainly been centered around hardware, into a new product line generation, which will be software-centered. We describe the issues motivating this transition, and the factors that complicate it. Moreover, we present a three stage process for migrating into a new software product line. This process is currently initiated in collaboration with the aforementioned company.
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Svahnberg, M., Mattsson, M. (2002). Conditions and Restrictions for Product Line Generation Migration. In: van der Linden, F. (eds) Software Product-Family Engineering. PFE 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2290. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-47833-7_14
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