Software Factory

1. Activities done in Software Factory

1.1. Problem Analysis

1.2. Product Specification

1.3. Product Design

1.4. Product Implementation

1.5. Product Deployment

1.6. Product Testing

2. Built by developers, primarily for developers

3. Components of Software Factories

3.1. Software Factory Schema

3.2. Software Factory Template

3.3. Extensible Development Environment

4. a methodology used and developed by Microsoft

5. a structured collection or pattern

6. software development tool