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Software reuse in agile development organizations: a conceptual management tool

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Wouter Spoelstra,

Marten van SinderenAuthors Info & Claims

SAC '11: Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

Pages 315 - 322

https://doi.org/10.1145/1982185.1982255

Published: 21 March 2011 Publication History

Abstract

The reuse of knowledge is considered a major factor for increasing productivity and quality. In the software industry knowledge is embodied in software assets such as code components, functional designs and test cases. This kind of knowledge reuse is also referred to as software reuse. Although the benefits can be substantial, software reuse has never reached its full potential. Organizations are not aware of the different levels of reuse or do not know how to address reuse issues. This paper proposes a conceptual management tool for supporting software reuse. Furthermore the paper presents the findings of the application of the management tool in an agile development organization.

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