Leveraging IBM Global Configurations with pure::variants
Summary
Behind each product variant is a specific set of artifacts, such as the requirements, designs, source code, and test plans that were used to formulate it. Features provide a helpful abstraction of a product, which, in turn, can relate to one or more requirements, design elements, tests, implementation artifacts, and/or calibration data. Using pure::variants in conjunction with IBM’s Engineering Lifecycle Management solution (ELM) global configuration capabilities we can use the Feature model to define development streams and baselines. Furthermore, it allows us to reuse component configurations that are composed of these engineering artifacts in multiple tools and repositories. IBM ELM provides the system of record, allowing users to visualize the utilization of something (and its reuse), the connections between components, and the history of modifications.
