SOFTWARE REUSE

A study on software reuse was conducted, which emphasized on improving the infrastructure requirements and work processes. Software industry can be benefitted from the reuse of software component in many ways if implemented in a systematic manner. The objective of this study is to improve the software reuse practices. A framework concerning the implementation of reuse program in an organization has been proposed. The reuse of software component seems easy in the statement but is a tedious task in implementation. Implementing the reuse program requires a systematic approach. The study has taken the opportunity to enlighten the way forward for reuse of component-based software systems. It has addressed the organizational issues as it is the first step for implementation of software reuse. While addressing the organizational issues a number of drawbacks in the previous methods have been observed. The study endeavored to fill the gaps identified in previous methods by proposing a framework.