Systematic Reuse: Issues in Initiating and Improving a Reuse Program

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Reuse as a New Paradigm for Software Development

   • Rubén Prieto-Diaz

   Pages 1-13

3. Planning for Reuse

   • Jean-Marc Morel

   Pages 14-32

4. Reuse Lifecycle: Essentials and Implementations

   • Suzanne Robertson

   Pages 33-43

5. Reuse: a Cultural Change

   • Dario de Judicibus

   Pages 44-51

6. Reuse Measurement & Assessment

   • Marjan Sarshar

   Pages 52-63

7. Technology Issues of Software Reuse

   • Chas W Church

   Pages 64-69

8. Finding Reusable Components: by Good Luck or Good Management?

   • Roger A Chambers

   Pages 70-84

9. Object Technology Standards — an OMG Progress Report

   • Eric Leach

   Pages 85-91

10. Migrating a Legacy System to Object Technology

    • Jack Hassall, Keith Oulton

    Pages 92-103

11. A Pragmatic Approach to Reuse Introduction in an Industrial Setting

    • Ben Whittle, Wing Lam, Tim Kelly

    Pages 104-115

12. Back Matter

    Pages 117-117

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Based on papers accepted for presentation at the 1996 Workshop on Systematic Reuse: Issues in Initiating and Improving a Reuse Program, Liverpool, UK, this volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the effective management of software reuse. It examines a number of central issues such as: the critical success factors for reuse; the amount of investment required and the expected payback period; the type of training needed; tools; and the impact of reuse on organisation structure. There is a strong emphasis on the industrial application of systematic reuse - an area which is currently expanding at a rapid rate - illustrated by the experiences of leading international companies such as IBM, Hitachi Europe, and AT&T. Overall this volume sets out comprehensive guidelines on the introduction and maintenance of a reuse program. It will provide an invaluable reference book for software development practitioners, systems analysts and architects, and development managers.

• development
• software
• software development
• standards

• School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

  Marjan Sarshar

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