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| Title: | MONITORING THE SOFTWARE ASSET: REPOSITORY EVALUATION OF SOFTWARE REUSE |
| Authors: | Banker, Rajiv D.
Kauffman, Robert J.
Zweig, Dani |
| Issue Date: | Oct-1991 |
| Publisher: | Stern School of Business, New York University |
| Series/Report no.: | IS-91-32 |
| Abstract: | Traditionally, software management has focused primarily upon cost
control. Today, with the emerging capabilities of computer aided
software engineering (CASE) and corresponding changes in the development
process, the opportunity exists to view software development as an
activity that creates reusable software assets, rather than just
expenses, for the corporation. With this opportunity comes the need to
monitor software at the corporate level, as well as at that of the
individual software development project. Integrated CASE environments
can support such monitoring. In this paper we propose the use of a new
approach called repository evaluation, and illustrate it in an analysis
of the evolving repository-based software assets of two large firms that
have implemented integrated CASE development tools. The analysis shows
that these tools have supported high levels of software reuse, but it
also suggests that there remains considerable unexploited reuse
potential. Our findings indicate that organizational changes will be
required before the full potential of the new technology can be realized. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/14390 |
| Appears in Collections: | IOMS: Information Systems Working Papers
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