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Software reuse offers great cost-cutting potential, and this book spells out the methods, tools, and tradeoffs to realize these cost savings. Guaranteed to attract a vast audience, this book covers cost models for reuse, certification of reusable components, and reuse-driven requirements engineeering-as well as a discussion on reuse in dynamic systems. Synopsis
Software reuse offers great cost-cutting potential, and this book spells out the methods, tools, and tradeoffs to realize these cost savings. Guaranteed to attract a vast audience, this book covers cost models for reuse, certification of reusable components, and reuse-driven requirements engineering--as well as a discussion on reuse in dynamic systems. From the Back Cover
The essential guide to successful reuse across the software life cycle. Here is the first professional-level guide to the major new field of software reuse. With the latest data on reuse, it explains in depth the fundamental methods and metrics of successful reuse. The bottom line is good news indeed for all software engineers and system designers: Systematic software reuse programs can succeed, even if the underlying technology is changing rapidly. Reuse has been called the central technical concept of this decade's programming breakthrough-object technology. The author covers object-oriented technologies, but goes well beyond them. After an introduction to basics, he shows you how to: Assess reuse advantages and disadvantages; Apply techniques for domain analysis; Estimate costs using life-cycle-based models; Organize and manage reuse libraries; Obtain certification of components; Implement systematic reuse programs using COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) and other existing software. Also included are a never-before-published economic reuse quantity model and reengineering reuse checklists, as well as important case studies and teaching aids for those using this book as an instructional text. The methods, metrics, and guidelines to successful reuse across the software lifecycle. It presents cost models, certification of reusable components, and reuse-driven engineering requirements. Readers will also find checklists, practical techniques for software reuse library management, case studies, and the only coverage to date on reuse in dynamic systems. The author, a leading faculty member of Howard University, conducts reuse research for NASA. The book includes exercises and projects for optional classroom use. Instructional materials for course adoption of the book are available from the author. Back to Software Reuse
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