Practical Software Reuse
Published on 11. March 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXII, 222 pages
978-1-85233-502-1 (ISBN)
Description
Right context, software reuse promises high value to businesses that develop software, opening the door to radical improvements in their software capability (productivity, cost, time to market). Attempts to adopt reuse without a sound understanding of the range of issues involved, however, can lead to expensive failure. This book is for those who are wondering whether they should adopt reuse and how, and also to those who have already started to adopt it but are wondering where they may be going wrong and how they could do better. It consistently emphasizes the practical issues that influence success or failure in reuse; and it offers a concise and balanced coverage of the essentials of the subject, rather than going into undue depth or detail on some topics at the expense of others. It occupies the central ground between being on the one hand an academic textbook and on the other hand a cookbook with ready-made recipes for exactly "how to do it". The authors have drawn on their extensive experience of reuse and of software process improvement to provide a readable and balanced coverage of the subject. This book is suitable for business executives, software managers and software developers, regardless of whatever kind of software or applications are developed by their organisations, and whatever the size of those organisations. A special feature of the book is the frequent use of experience notes, drawn from the real-life experience of organisations that have embarked on the reuse adventure.
Reviews / Votes
From the reviews:
"This book explains how reuse is a systematic software development practice which goes beyond code to include all stages, from requirements capture right through to maintenance. . In a very readable 218 pages and 10 chapters the authors present a well structured and well presented view of the essentials. The balanced and broad coverage leaves a clear picture of the issues. . It is suitable for developers or managers in any size of organization, and good value for money." (Hilary Green, Computer Bulletin, November, 2002)
More details
Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
206 s/w Abbildungen
XXII, 222 p. 206 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
488 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85233-502-1 (9781852335021)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-0141-3
Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Introducing Software Reuse.- 1.1 First of All.- 1.2 Definition and Basic Essentials.- 1.3 Some Further Introductory Essentials.- 1.4 Systematic Reuse - Crossing Frontiers.- 1.5 A Note on the Experience Base Used in This Book.- 2. Reusable Software Assets.- 2.1 What Is a Software Asset?.- 2.2 What Are the Characteristics of Reusable Assets?.- 2.3 Managing Software Assets.- 2.4 Assets vs Objects.- 3. Reuse Repository.- 3.1 Who Needs a Repository?.- 3.2 Requirements for a Reuse Repository.- 3.3 Repositories on the Internet.- 3.4 Tool Categories on the Market.- 3.5 Key Points in the Choice of an Asset Repository.- 4. Reuse Processes.- 4.1 What Processes Do We Need?.- 4.2 Starting a Corporate Reuse Programme: The Reuse Introduction Process.- 4.3 Practising Reuse: Asset Production and Application Production Processes.- 4.4 A Summarized Vision on Processes: How Does Reuse Affect Traditional Software Processes?.- 5. Managing Reuse.- 5.1 The Management Issues.- 5.2 To Reuse or Not To Reuse? the Big Question.- 5.3 Reuse for All, and All for Reuse.- 5.4 Adapting the Work Structure.- 6. Reuse Metrics.- 6.1 General Aspects of a Metrics Programme.- 6.2 A Typical Reuse Metrics Programme.- 7. Reuse Techniques and Technologies.- 7.1 Rationale.- 7.2 Reuse-Enabling Architectures.- 7.3 Object-Oriented Techniques.- 7.4 Design Patterns.- 7.5 Object-Oriented Frameworks.- 7.6 Component-Based Development.- 7.7. Agent-Based Systems.- 7.8 Comparison of Techniques.- 8. Two Major Case Histories.- 9. Two Smaller Case Histories.- 10. Experience Review and Success Factors.- 10.1 The Experience Base.- 10.2 Analysis of Experience.- 10.3 A Reuse Introduction Decision Sequence.- 10.4 Conclusion.- Acronyms.- Selected Bibliography.- Index 219.