Software reuse: is it delivering?

Author

Frakes, William B. ; Biggerstaff, Ted J. ; Prieto-Diaz, Ruben ; Matsumura, Kazuo ; Schaefer, Wilhelm

Author_Institution

Software Production Consortium, Herndon, VA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

13-16 May 1991

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

59

Abstract

A panel discussion is presented to examine the evidence, pro and con, that software reuse is delivering. Verifiable and repeatable increases in software quality and productivity in field settings are used as criteria for the success of reuse. Reusability is defined as a technology that can be of significant value to software development and maintenance. A scale to evaluate whether reuse is delivering is outlined. The scale is ordinal, with five being the best possible rating. The three respondents, from Germany, Japan, and the US, discuss how reuse, as defined, is delivering in their parts of the world

Keywords

software maintenance; software reliability; software reusability; Germany; Japan; US; software development; software maintenance; software productivity; software quality; software reuse; Capacitive sensors; Equations; Object oriented programming; Productivity; Qualifications; Silver; Software maintenance; Software measurement; Software quality; Software reusability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering, 1991. Proceedings., 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2140-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSE.1991.130623

Filename

130623