Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

An Initial Model of Product Line Economics

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Software Product-Family Engineering (PFE 2001)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 2290))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

In this paper we describe an initial model of product line economics, which aims at filling exactly this gap. The model integrates characteristics of the software process with aspects of the market, where the later are used for valuation. We present the model in three layers, each adding a layer of issues that are taken into account to the previous one. This layering mirrors the levels of complexity in existing models of reuse economics.

This work has been partially funded by the ESAPS project (Eureka gs 2023 Programme, ITEA project project 99005).

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
$34.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or eBook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. M. Amram and N. Kulatilaka. Disciplined decisions — aligning strategy with the financial markets. Harvard Business Review, pages 95–104, January-February 1999.

    Google Scholar 

  2. S. Bandinelli and G. Sagarduy. A unifying framework for reuse economic models. Technical Report ESI-1996-Reuse03, European Software Institute, 1996.

    Google Scholar 

  3. B. Boehm, B. Clark, E. Horowitz, C. Westland, R. Madachy, and R. Selby. Cost models for future software life cycle processes: COCOMO 2.0. Annals of Software Engineering, 1995.

    Google Scholar 

  4. B. Boehm. Software Engineering Economics. Prentice Hall PTR, 1981.

    Google Scholar 

  5. L. Briand, K. El Emam, and F. Bomarius. COBRA: A hybrid method for software cost estimation, benchmarking, and risk assessment. In Proceedings of the Twentieth International Conference on Software Engineering, pages 390–399, April 1998.

    Google Scholar 

  6. L. Brownsword and P. Clements. A case study in successful product line development. Technical Report CMU/SEI-96-TR-016, Software Engineering Institute, 1996.

    Google Scholar 

  7. S. Chulani. COQUALMO (COnstructive QUALity MOdel)—a software defect density prediction model. In Proceedings of the ESCOM—SCOPE’99, pages 297–306, 1999.

    Google Scholar 

  8. P. Clements, C. Gacek, P. Knauber, and K. Schmid. Successful software product line development in a small organization. In P. Clements and L. Northrop, editors, Software Product Lines: Practices and Patterns, chapter 11. Addison Wesley Longman, 2001.

    Google Scholar 

  9. L. Cohen. Quality Function Deployment. Addison-Wesley, 1995.

    Google Scholar 

  10. S. Cohen. Predicting when product line investment pays. In Proceedings of the Second ICSE Workshop on Software Product Lines: Economics, Architectures, and Implications, 2001.

    Google Scholar 

  11. E. Dean. Conjoint analysis from the perspective of competitive advantage. http://akao.larc.nasa.gov/dfc/ppt/cja.html.

  12. T. DeMarco. Controlling Software Projects. Prentice Hall PTR, 1982.

    Google Scholar 

  13. G. Dobson and S. Kalish. Positioning and pricing a product line. Marketing Science, 7(2):107–125, 1988.

    Google Scholar 

  14. J. Favaro. A comparison of approaches to reuse investment analysis. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Software Reuse, pages 136–145, 1996.

    Google Scholar 

  15. J. Favaro, K. Favaro, and P. Favaro. Value based software reuse investment. Annals of Software Engineering, 5:5–52, 1998.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. B. Freimut. Reliability prediction models for product lines—a brief overview. Technical Report 046.00/E, Fraunhofer IESE, 2000.

    Google Scholar 

  17. P. Green and A. Krieger. Models and heuristics for product line selection. Marketing Science, 4(1):1–19, 1985.

    Article  MathSciNet  Google Scholar 

  18. ISO/IEC FCD 9126 “Information Technology—Software Product Quality-Part 1: Quality Model”, 1998.

    Google Scholar 

  19. M. Kellner, R. Madachy, and D. Raffo. Software process simulation modeling: Why? what? how? Journal of Systems and Software, 46:91–105, 1999.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. W. Lim. Managing Software Reuse. Prentice Hall PTR, 1998.

    Google Scholar 

  21. C. Mason and G. Milne. An approach for identifying cannibalization within product line extensions and multi-brand strategies. Journal of Business Research, 31:163–170, 1994.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. A. Mili, S. Fowler Chmiel, R. Gottumukkala, and L. Zhang. An integrated cost model for software reuse. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering, 2000.

    Google Scholar 

  23. J. Poulin. Measuring Software Reuse. Addison-Wesley, 1997.

    Google Scholar 

  24. J. Poulin. The economics of product line development. http://home.stny.rr.com/jeffreypoulin/Papers/IJAST97/ijast97.html, 1997.

  25. I. Rus, J. Collofello, and P. Lakey. Software process simulation for reliability management. Journal of Systems and Software, 46:173–182, 1999.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. K. Schmid. An economic perspective on product line software development. In First Workshop on Economics-Driven Software Engineering Research, Los Angeles (EDSER-1), May 1999.

    Google Scholar 

  27. K. Schmid. Scoping software product lines—an analysis of an emerging technology. In Patrick Donohoe, editor, Software Product Lines: Experience and Research Directions; Proceedings of the First Software Product Line Conference (SPLC1), pages 513–532. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.

    Google Scholar 

  28. K. Schmid. People issues in developing software product lines. In Proceedings of the Second ICSE Workshop on Software Product Lines: Economics, Architectures, and Implications, 2001.

    Google Scholar 

  29. H. Siy and A. Mockus. Measuring domain engineering effects on software change cost. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Software Metrics Symposium, 1999.

    Google Scholar 

  30. E. Wiles. Economic models of software reuse: A survey, comparison and partial validation. Technical Report UWA-DCS-99-032, Department of Computer Science, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, U.K., April 1999.

    Google Scholar 

  31. L. Wilson and J. Norton. Optimal entry timing for product line extensions. Marketing Science, 1989.

    Google Scholar 

  32. J. Withey. Investment analysis of software assets for product lines. Technical Report CMU/SEI-96-TR-010, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1996.

    Google Scholar 

  33. A. Wymore. Model-Based Systems Engineering. CRC Press, 1993.

    Google Scholar 

  34. X. Zhang and H. Pham. An analysis of factors affecting software reliability. Journal of Systems and Software, 50:43–56, 2000.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  35. D. Zubrow. Measures for Software Product Lines: A White Paper for the Undersecretary of Defense, Science, and Technology, Software Engineering, April 2001.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), Sauerwiesen 6, D-67661, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Klaus Schmid

Authors
  1. Klaus Schmid
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V., Veenpluis 4-6, 5684, PC Best, The Netherlands

    Frank van der Linden

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2002 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Schmid, K. (2002). An Initial Model of Product Line Economics. In: van der Linden, F. (eds) Software Product-Family Engineering. PFE 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2290. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-47833-7_5

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-47833-7_5

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-43659-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-47833-1

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation