An activity that bounds the behaviors and features of a system or set of systems. In a product line approach, scoping is the activity that defines the product line scope.

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All activities related with determining the boundaries of the product line, often in terms of features to be part of the product lines.

Schmid, K. (2003). Planning Software Reuse – A Disciplined Scoping Approach for Software Product Lines. [-]