Read my latest book on why many software projects have untrapped value for those that want to find it. It's hard to find, but easy to extract.

https://books.google.ca/books/about/Untrapped_Value_1_01_Software_Reuse_Powe.html https://leanpub.com/untrappedvalue https://leanpub.com/untrappedvalue101 https://books.google.ca/books/about?id=Pqu1EAAAQBA