Managing Software Re-Use - Softcover

Lim, Wayne C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135523737 ISBN 13: 9780135523735

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1998

Synopsis

• For IS (Information Systems) managers and engineers and anyone in the governmental and commercial sectors responsible for software productivity and quality and project planning and budgeting.
• The active reuse of software is one of the most promising avenues for a dramatic increase in software productivity. This handbook offers a managerial approach to software reuse -- its advantages and disadvantages, cost-justification, current reuse efforts, and strategies to implement and deploy reuse in a corporate environment. Shows how to perform a detailed cost/benefit analysis to determine whether software reuse is economically appropriate for an organization; apply a proven reuse implementation strategy complete with tools (classification scheme and software workproducts library), training tactics, and standards; follow guidelines for incorporating reuse in each stage of the traditional software development life cycle; and tackle tough managerial challenges such as labor issues, productivity measurement, organizational structure, motivation/incentives for engineers, and legal implications of software reuse.

About this title

About the Author

WAYNE C. LIM is a founder and managing director of the Lombard Hill Group, a consulting firm that enables organizations to systematically institutionalize reuse practices. He helped start and manage Corporate Reuse Programs at Hewlett-Packard and Ford Aerospace. Mr. Lim is the recipient of the 1994 Best Article Award from IEEE Software for his research in reuse. He completed his MBA at Harvard University and graduate engineering coursework at Stanford University. He may be contacted via http: //www.lombardhill.com or Wayne_Lim@post.harvard.edu.

From the Back Cover

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Make software reuse a profitable reality in your organization.

In Managing Software Reuse, expert Wayne C. Lim tackles the strategic planning, economic, organizational, and metric issues that limit reuse in so many companies. He covers the entire lifecycle, offering "best practices" strategies that really work, and sharp insights into the organizational issues that make or break reuse projects.

Managing Software Reuse shows exactly how to:

• Utilize an adoption model to systematically institutionalize reuse.
• Select pilot projects that pave the way for wide deployment of reuse.
• Perform a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether reuse is economically viable.
• Harness the potential of software reuse to obtain competitive advantage.
• Create a reuse vision and mission statement to guide reuse efforts.
• Organize, train, and motivate your staff to support reuse.
• Identify and implement appropriate reuse metrics.
• Select the appropriate reuse tools for your organization.

If you want proven strategies for implementing reuse in every stage of the software development cycle, this book is required reading.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0135523737
• ISBN 13: 9780135523735
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576