Feature-oriented software development

FOSD is a particular approach to SPLE that focuses strongly on the idea of features and their representation througout the entire software lifecycle.

The book Feature-Oriented Software Product Lines: Concepts and Implementation is the best introduction to the topic.

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There is a paper available online from the Journal of Object Technology that gives an overview of feature-oriented software development [Apel2009].

[Apel2009]Apel, S., & Kästner, C. (2009). An Overview of Feature-Oriented Software Development. The Journal of Object Technology, 8(5), 49. http://doi.org/10.5381/jot.2009.8.5.c5