Program families: some requirements issues for the process languages

We address the workshop theme by discussing some issues concerning process support for product families. In particular, we discuss how the particular problem of supporting product family developments affects the notation used for process representation and enactment. Based on our current understanding of the problem, our conclusion is that the development of program families does not introduce new requirements, but stress some of the requirements that are intrinsic to most software processes to their extreme. That is, they do not demand new language mechanisms, but require specific processes to be put in place.