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Panel Number	Panel Title	Organizers
P1 : Panel 1 (Wednesday, 16:00 - 17:45)	The Rise and Fall of Product Line Architectures	Isabel John, Christa Schwanninger, Eduardo Almeida
P2 : Panel 2 (Thursday, 15:30 - 17:30)	Product Line Success in Cultural Diversity	Klaus Schmid
P3 : Panel 3 (Friday, 13:30 - 15:00)	The Many Paths to Quality Core Assets	John D. McGregor

P1 : The Rise and Fall of Product Line Architectures

Although architecture has been recognized as the central artifact in product line engineering since many years, it doesn't seem to be THE hot topic anymore. There was no session on architecture at last SPLC, there was only one tutorial mentioning architecture in the title. So, is the concept of a product line architecture dead? Has there really been a "fall" of product line architectures? Or is it just normal to have one, so we don't have to talk about it anymore? In this panel we want to have a look at these questions: Product line architectures might be irrelevant in the era of agile processes and open source, but if they are not we want to bring this topic to life again for the SPL community.

This panel addresses questions around architecture like: How do you think a good product line architecture should look like? How much up-front design do we need for a product line architecture? What are hot research topics in product line architecture?

The panel is organized as a goldfish bowl, where the panelists form a circle in the middle of the audience and panelists change during the panel, so everybody can become a panelist in this session.

Panel Organizers
Isabel John, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), Germany
Christa Schwanninger, Siemens AG, Germany
Eduardo Almeida, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and RiSE, Brazil

Panelists
Paul Clements, Charles W. Krueger, John McGregor, Dirk Muthig, David Weiss

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P2 : Product Line Success in Cultural Diversity

Over and over again practitioners report that soft factors like organization, people issues (champions) and communication are key to the success of a product line effort.
But typical forms of communication, the behavior and work practices of people depend also on the cultural context: so, how do we need to adapt product line practices for different cultural backgrounds? What are cultural “traps” to watch out for?
Are there universal guidelines for product line engineering soft factors? And if so, which are they?
In this open discussion round, some experts will provide a first account of their experiences in diverse cultural settings and then we will open the floor to draw upon the large combined experience of the audience.

Panel Organizers
Klaus Schmid, University of Hildesheim, Germany

Panelists
Linda Northrop, Isabel John, Kyo Kang, Sooyong Park

Download slide sets of the cultural diversity panel:
        Penel introduction (Klaus Schmid)
        Position (Linda Northrop)
        Position (Isabel John)
        Position (Kyo Kang)
        Position (Sooyong Park)
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P3: The Many Paths to Quality Core Assets

Can all of the different approaches to software product line operation lead to quality core assets? Is there value in quality? Should discussions of quality in a product line address separate quality factors for core assets and product-specific components? How do core assets reach maturity most rapidly? How are quality requirements different in a software product line?

This panel session will present diverse views on how to achieve quality products in a software product line organization. We will aggressively seek audience participation in an effort to answer these questions with actual experience.

Panel Organizers
John D. McGregor, Clemson University, USA

Panelists
Danilo Beuche, Pure-systems
Yaser Ghanam, University of Calgary
John D. McGregor, Clemson University/SEI
Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi

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