Managing variability of ERP ecosystems: research issues and solution ideas from Microsoft Dynamics AX

Markus Nöbauer; Norbert Seyff; Deepak Dhungana; Reinhard Stoiber

doi:10.1145/2110147.2110150

Managing variability of ERP ecosystems: research issues and solution ideas from Microsoft Dynamics AX

Markus Nöbauer, Norbert Seyff, Deepak Dhungana, Reinhard Stoiber

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Abstract

Systematic reuse of artifacts and a clear understanding of the variability within a product family are key success concepts within diverse industrial domains. Nevertheless, there are still many open issues regarding adapting and tailoring of software product line engineering approaches to specialized domains. The nature of ERP systems would suggest the application of product line techniques, but the limitations and constraints within this domain makes this a challenging task from the viewpoint of a partner company. In this paper we discuss ERP domain constraints and provide first conceptual solutions on how to adapt and extend software product line techniques for this particular context. Furthermore, we present a first tool prototype to support sales consultants at ERP partner companies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Variability Modeling of Software-Intensive Systems, VaMoS'12
Publisher	ACM
Pages	21-26
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781450310581
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2110147.2110150
Publication status	Published - 25 Jan 2012
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Keywords

Computer software reusability
Dynamics
Industrial research
Industry
Production engineering
Software design
Domain constraint
ERP system
MicroSoft
Product families
Product line engineering
Product-lines
Research issues
Sales consultant
Software Product Line
Software product line engineerings
Variability management
Ecosystems
ERP ecosystems
Microsoft dynamics AX

Research fields

Product Configuration
Software Product Lines

IMC Research Focuses

Software engineering and intelligent systems

ÖFOS 2012 - Austrian Fields of Study

102015 Information systems

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Nöbauer, M., Seyff, N., Dhungana, D., & Stoiber, R. (2012). Managing variability of ERP ecosystems: research issues and solution ideas from Microsoft Dynamics AX. In Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Variability Modeling of Software-Intensive Systems, VaMoS'12 (pp. 21-26). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/2110147.2110150

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Nöbauer, M, Seyff, N, Dhungana, D & Stoiber, R 2012, Managing variability of ERP ecosystems: research issues and solution ideas from Microsoft Dynamics AX. in Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Variability Modeling of Software-Intensive Systems, VaMoS'12. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, ACM, pp. 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1145/2110147.2110150

Managing variability of ERP ecosystems: research issues and solution ideas from Microsoft Dynamics AX. / Nöbauer, Markus; Seyff, Norbert; Dhungana, Deepak et al.
Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Variability Modeling of Software-Intensive Systems, VaMoS'12. ACM, 2012. p. 21-26 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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