A Comparative Survey of Economic Models for Software Product Lines

Ali, Muhammad; Babar, Muhammad Ali; Schmid, Klaus

doi:10.1109/seaa.2009.89

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“…"Very few [economic models for SPL] actually have been used as a basis for further development or adopted in industry" [23]. Thus, "there is a clear need for many more empirical studies to validate existing models" [1].  Easy adoption of models in industry by identifying realistic metrics to collect and report.…”

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confidence: 99%

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REARM: A Reuse-Based Economic Model for Software Reference Architectures

Martínez‐Fernández

Ayala

Franch

et al. 2013

Safe and Secure Software Reuse

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Abstract. To remain competitive, organizations are challenged to make informed and feasible value-driven design decisions in order to ensure the quality of their software systems. However, there is a lack of support for evaluating the economic impact of these decisions with regard to software reference architectures. This damages the communication among architects and management, which can result in poor decisions. This paper aims at ameliorating this problem by presenting a pragmatic preliminary economic model to perform cost-benefit analysis on the adoption of software reference architectures as a key asset for optimizing architectural decision-making. The model is based on existing value-based metrics and economics-driven models used in other areas. A preliminary validation based on a retrospective study showed the ability of the model to support a cost-benefit analysis presented to the management of an IT consulting company. This validation involved a cost-benefit analysis related to reuse and maintenance; other qualities will be integrated as our research progresses.

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confidence: 99%

“…Below, we summarize our results with respect to cost and benefit factors. To see more models, the reader is referred to [1], in which Ali et al surveyed twelve economic models for SPL, and to [16] [27] in which the authors surveyed economic models for software reuse.…”

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REARM: A Reuse-Based Economic Model for Software Reference Architectures

Martínez‐Fernández

Ayala

Franch

et al. 2013

Safe and Secure Software Reuse

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“…However, moving from a traditional engineering approach to SPL engineering requires many technical, financial, organizational, process, and market considerations to be addressed [5]. There is no "one-fits-all" approach, and knowledge and experience play an important role when trying to adopt the approach.…”

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“…According to Ali Babar et al [5], they differ in the aspects of SPL economics that are taken into consideration, the depth of analysis, and the applied techniques. The authors compare 12 SPL economic models with the goal of helping practitioners decide which model or set of models best serves their needs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As an alternative, some researchers use simulation models [86]. Among the directions for future research, Ali Babar et al [5] mention the need for market-oriented economic models, the identification of cost drivers on finer levels of granularity, as well as the need to evaluate assets from the perspective of their quality attributes to determine whether reuse will result in an economic gain or loss.…”

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Software diversity: state of the art and perspectives

Schaefer

Rabiser²,

Clarke

et al. 2012

Int J Softw Tools Technol Transfer

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Abstract. Diversity is prevalent in modern software systems to facilitate adapting the software to customer requirements or the execution environment. Diversity has an impact on all phases of the software development process. Appropriate means and organizational structures are required to deal with the additional complexity introduced by software variability. This introductory article to the special section "Software Diversity -Modeling, Analysis and Evolution" provides an overview of the current state of the art in diverse systems development and discusses challenges and potential solutions. The article covers requirements analysis, design, implementation, verification and validation, maintenance and evolution as well as organizational aspects. It also provides an overview of the articles which are part of this special section and address particular issues of diverse systems development.

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The state of adoption and the challenges of systematic variability management in industry

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Handling large-scale software variability is still a challenge for many organizations. After decades of research on variability management concepts, many industrial organizations have introduced techniques known from research, but still lament that pure textbook approaches are not applicable or efficient. For instance, software product line engineering-an approach to systematically develop portfolios of products-is difficult to adopt given the high upfront investments; and even when adopted, organizations are challenged by evolving their complex product lines. Consequently, the research community now mainly focuses on reengineering and evolution techniques for product lines; yet, understanding the current state of adoption and the industrial challenges for organizations is necessary to conceive effective techniques. In this multiple-case study, we analyze the current adoption of variability management techniques in twelve medium-to large-scale industrial cases in domains such as automotive, aerospace or railway systems. We identify the current state of variability management, emphasizing the techniques and concepts they adopted. We elicit the needs and challenges expressed for these cases, triangulated with results from a literature review. We believe our results help to understand the current state of adoption and shed light on gaps to address in industrial practice.

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A Comparative Survey of Economic Models for Software Product Lines

Cited by 25 publications

References 20 publications

REARM: A Reuse-Based Economic Model for Software Reference Architectures

REARM: A Reuse-Based Economic Model for Software Reference Architectures

Software diversity: state of the art and perspectives

The state of adoption and the challenges of systematic variability management in industry

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