A Software Cost Estimation Model for Product Line Engineering: SoCoEMo-PLE

Economic models for reuse can help managers to forecast the benefits of a reuse investment before committing any resources. In this paper, we propose a Software Cost Estimation Model for Product Line Engineering (SoCoEMo-PLE). In fact, PLE approaches to software development seem to be very attractive in matter of product quality and time-tomarket. Thus, we need an economic model to quantify the predicted benefits of using such approach. In this paper, we present an introduction in section one. In section two, we present the economic models that were the basis of the development of SoCoEMo-PLE. Then, in section three, we detail the model SoCoEMo-PLE and recapitulate its contribution in a synthesis. We end with a conclusion in section four.