Software reuse—key to enhanced productivity: some quantitative models
Information and Software Technology
Software reuse: metrics and models
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
How reuse influences productivity in object-oriented systems
Communications of the ACM
Software reuse using C++ classes: the question of inheritance
Journal of Systems and Software
Empirical Software Engineering
Challenges of component-based development
Journal of Systems and Software
Computer
Computer
Status Report: Software Reusability
IEEE Software
Is the Open-Source Community Setting a Bad Example?
IEEE Software
Setting Up Shop: The Business of Open-Source Software
IEEE Software
IEEE Software
Of Open Source, Linux ... and Hype
IEEE Software
Open Source Software Adoption: A Status Report
IEEE Software
Does Open Source Improve System Security?
IEEE Software
Economics of Linux Adoption in Developing Countries
IEEE Software
The Many Meanings of Open Source
IEEE Software
IEEE Software
Open Source Reuse in Commercial Firms
IEEE Software
Journal of Systems and Software
Marketplace Issues in Software Planning and Design
IEEE Software
Open source in the US government
IEEE Software
Journal of Systems and Software
Determinants of the Choice of Open Source Software License
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information and Software Technology
An empirical investigation on the reusability of design patterns and software packages
Journal of Systems and Software
Impact of Internal Open Source Development on Reuse: Participatory Reuse in Action
Journal of Management Information Systems
Software business in the telecommunications sector
Telecommunication Economics
Linking Cyclicality and Product Quality
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Hi-index | 0.00 |
In this paper, we present the results of empirical study of the effects of open source software (OSS) components reuse on software development economics. Specifically, we examined three economic factors - cost, productivity, and quality. This study started with an extensive literature review followed by an exploratory study conducted through interviews with 18 senior project/quality managers, and senior software developers. Then, the result of the literature review and the exploratory study was used to formulate research model, hypotheses, and survey questionnaire. Software intensive companies from Canada and the US were targeted for this study. The period of study was between September 2004 and March 2006. Our findings show that there are strong significant statistical correlations between the factors of OSS components reuse and software development economics. The conclusion from this study shows that software organizations can achieve some economic gains in terms of software development productivity and product quality if they implement OSS components reuse adoption in a systematic way. A big lesson learned in this study is that OSS components are of highest quality and that open source community is not setting a bad example (contrary to some opinion) so far as 'good practices' are concerned.