The paradigm of software product line (SPL) has already become popular not only in researchers but also in practitioners. However, that never means SPL is practiced in the real development. It is often observed that many companies hesitate to introduce SPL although they are bothered by numerous product variants of different/changing requirements or constraints and understand the importance of SPL.
['Paul C. Clements', 'Julia Rubin', 'Kentaro Yoshimura']
Barriers for SPL practice and paths to get over them