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Building a Business Case for Software Product Lines

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Before an organization undertakes a software product line approach, it should understand what it wishes to gain from doing so and what the costs will be. A business case can help define and underscore the goals for the effort. We are working on helping organizations create business cases for software product lines.

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Recent papers relating to building a business case for software product lines are:

• Böckle, G.; Clements, P.; McGregor, J.D.; Muthig, D.; Schmid, K. "Calculating ROI for Software Product Lines," IEEE Software, Volume 21, Issue 3, May-June 2004, pages 23-31.

• Cohen, Sholom; Zubrow, Dave; Dunn, Ed. Case Study: A Measurement Program for Product Lines (CMU/SEI-2004-TN-023).

• Cohen, Sholom. Predicting When Product Line Investment Pays (CMU/SEI-2003-TN-017).

• Cohen, Sholom; Dunn, Ed; Soule, Albert. Successful Product Line Development and Sustainment: A DoD Case Study (CMU/SEI-2002-TN-018).

• Cohen, Sholom. Product Line State of the Practice Report (CMU/SEI-2002-TN-017).

• Clements, Paul; Cohen, Sholom; Donohoe, Patrick; Northrop, Linda. Control Channel Toolkit: A Software Product Line Case Study (CMU/SEI-2001-TR-030).

• Cohen, Sholom. Case Study: Building and Communicating a Business Case for a DoD Product Line (CMU/SEI-2001-TN-020).

A presentation relating to the building a business case for software product lines is:

• Acquisition Pilot: Product Line Acquisition and and Measurement at NUWC
  Cohen, Sholom & Zubrow, Dave - SEI
  Dunn, Ed - Naval Undersea Warfare Center

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SEI products and services associated with building a business case for software product lines include

• Business Case Development
• Concept of Operations
• Product Line Technical Probe
• Product Line Quick Look

Building a Business Case for Software Product Lines Contacts

For more information, contact Sholom Cohen.

To arrange business case for software product lines products and services: Linda Northrop.

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