TOWARDS A CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION TO FEATURE MODELS IN MODEL-BASED PRODUCT LINE ENGINEERING

Abstract In parallel with the industry 4.0 revolution, customers’ demand and number of product requirements are increasing, inducing increased variability. System complexity is growing new technologies system architectures. Hence, maintaining a consistent in desired state becomes crucial. This paper tackles two problems: product's variability its temporal evolution. Regarding variability, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods Product Line (PLE) techniques become essential to configuring products by selecting arranging features combination. parallel, versioning evolution managed configuration management (CM) principles. A versioned feature model (FM) proposed. PLE methodology, first step through traditional FM. research presents an extension FM integrating CM into it. The includes not only features’ variants but also their versions, making it evolve time. work presented as base for that will study application PLE. done automotive context at Renault Group, proposed applied Renault's systems.