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A QUALITY-BASED COST ESTIMATION MODEL FOR THE PRODUCT LINE LIFE CYCLE.

This article discusses product line life cycles. The authors note that, in effective product line practices, return-on-investment becomes essential in the decision-making process. A cost-estimation model for the product line life cycle is presented, serving as a framework to estimate the effects of...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 49; no. 12; pp. 85 - 89
Main Authors: In, Hoh Peter, Baik, Jongmoon, Kim, Sangsoo, Ye Yang, Boehm, Barry
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Dec2006
Subjects:
Product management
Product lines
Commercial product testing
Software engineering
Model-integrated computing
Software productivity
Computer software
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This article discusses product line life cycles. The authors note that, in effective product line practices, return-on-investment becomes essential in the decision-making process. A cost-estimation model for the product line life cycle is presented, serving as a framework to estimate the effects of software quality cost for enabling cost-benefit analysis of software product lines. The model takes into account product quality, and notes that the system can yield a large return-on-investment by accumulating the potential savings of reusing components after removing product defects.