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A new approach to component reuse in multi-software development project management by using an information-centric project model
Sakaedani, A.; Yasui, T.; Shirasaka, S.; Maeno, T.
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Year:
2012
Editor:
Onishi, M.; Maurer, M.; Kirner, K.; Lindemann, U.
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Series:
DSM
Institution:
1: NTT Comware Corporation, Japan; 2: Keio University, Japan
Section:
Software Engineering
Page(s):
301-313
ISBN:
978-3-446-43354-0
Abstract:
This paper evaluates the effects of component reuse by using a model that focuses on information transfer in software development projects. The cost models from earlier studies do not account for the difficulty of reuse, whereas the proposed information-centric model does consider the level of this difficulty. This paper has two main conclusions. First, component reuse does not always improve the productivity of a software development project. Second, component reuse is a valuable productivity tool if the following conditions are satisfied: (1) reuse results in simplification of project structures and (2) the level of difficulty of project elements is decreased from the reuse of components.
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