[Context and motivation] PLEvo-Scoping is a method intended to help Product Line (PL) scoping teams anticipate emergent features and distinguish unstable from stable features, with the aim of preparing their PL for likely future adaptation needs. [Question/problem]This paper describes a quasi-experiment performed to characterize PLEvo-Scoping in terms of adequacy and feasibility. [Principal ideas/results] This quasi-experiment was performed by two scoping teams in charge of scoping the same PL, where one scoping team applied first an existing PL scoping approach and then PLEvo-Scoping, while the other scoping team interweaved activities from both. The two approaches achieved similar results: The method could be applied in just one day, and it was considered adequate and feasible. [Contribution] Ideas on how to improve the method and its tool support have been obtained, and similar results are expected from other professionals facing the problem of evolution-centered PL scoping. However, further empirical studies should be performed. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.
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Villela, K., Dörr, J., & John, I. (2010). Evaluation of a method for proactively managing the evolving scope of a software product line. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 6182 LNCS, pp. 113–127). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14192-8_13
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