The Experience Factory

Writing software is not like producing cars: its production process has a high degree of variability. To gain insights on how to improve a software development process, an approach is needed that systematically collects, organizes, and reuses experience. In this chapter we explore the concept of the Experience Factory, a way to create a knowledge infrastructure.

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