Barriers to disseminating off-the-shelf based development theories to IT industry

ABSTRACT

In this position paper, we have reported results of an industrial seminar. The seminar was intended to show our findings in an international survey, conducted in Norway, Italy and Germany, on off-the-shelf component-based development. Discussion in the second section of the seminar revealed several obstacles of popularizing the OTS based development theories into IT industry.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.3 Software Management
          Subjects: Software development

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.8 Metrics
          Subjects: Process metrics

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.1 THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY

General Terms:
Design, Experimentation, Measurement, Performance

Keywords:
COTS component, OSS component, empirical study