Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules

Keys to Success in Using Reuse

The keys to success for Opportunistic Reuse are simple:

• Take advantage of personnel continuity between old and new programs.

• Don't overestimate your savings.

The keys to success for Planned Reuse are more demanding:

• Secure long-term, high-level management commitment to the reuse program.

• Make reuse an integral part of the development process.

• Establish a separate reuse group whose job it is to identify reusable component candidates, create standards that support reuse, and disseminate information about reusable components to potential users.

• Focus on small, sharp, domain-specific components.

• Focus design efforts on information hiding and encapsulation.

• Bring the quality of the reusable components up to the "products" level ...