An integrated approach to software reuse practice

ABSTRACT

Since 1993, Sodalia's Software Engineers have been studying a reuse program whose goal is making software reuse a significant and systematic part of the software process. The Sodalia's Corporate Reuse Program is intended to develop a Software Reuse Process that incorporates reuse-specific activities along the Object-Oriented Software Development Process, and a reuse library to support the classification and management of reusable components.This paper focuses on the on-going experience of Sodalia in the gradual introduction of reuse practice in the organization, illustrates the evolutionary stages, and the reached results.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.m Miscellaneous
          Subjects: Reusable software**

General Terms:
Theory