Software Development with Methods of the industrial Production

Methods of industrial production may be a response to 

• increasing complexity of requirements,
• shorter development cycles and
• growing cost pressure.

This has nothing to do with the series production of the same product. It more concerns the following aspects:

• Standardization of system and application architecture 
• Reusability of components
• Automation  of development and quality assurance processes
• Measurability of productivity and quality

While today a lot of standards, concepts for reusability and tools for automation are available and established in software development, many companies neglect measurements or use estimations instead. However regular and accurate measurements of productivity and quality are an important basis for the reliable determination of the effort for upcoming development projects (see also Measuring Productivity in Software Development).