Repository evaluation of software reuse

Banker, Rajiv D.; Kauffman, Robert J.; Zweig, Dani

doi:10.1109/32.223805

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“…Typically, search costs increase with the proliferation of modular, reusable components. For instance, in OOP, Banker et al (1993) found that reuse percentage decreased with an increase in the number of reuse candidates. They cite the case of Carter Hawley Hale Information Services where reuse dropped by more than 15 percent when the number of reusable objects in the firm's repository grew by four times.…”

Section: Economies Of Substitutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Technological and organizational designs for realizing economies of substitution

1995

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Today's industrial landscape is characterized by rapid change and systemic technologies. Rapid change results in ever shorter product life cycles that demand continual innovation from firms. The systemic nature of technologies makes it difficult, if not impossible, for any one firm to manufacture all components of a technological system. We propose that these challenges be met by designing technological systems that have the potential to yield economies of substitution. Additionally, we propose that these economies be realized by adopting the network mode of governance. We examine the network mode at three levels—intrafirm, interfirm, and institutional—to illuminate the inherent tension between cooperation and competition at each level, and to explore the implications of this tension for industrial dynamics.

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Section: Economies Of Substitutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…. Furthermore, project managers are paid to make projects come in on time and not to write code for the benefit of subsequent projects7 (also see Banker et al, 1993;Cusumano 1991). Therefore, firms need to realign their incentives to encourage reuse.…”

Section: Intrafirm Issuesmentioning

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Technological and organizational designs for realizing economies of substitution

1995

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“…The success of a corporate reuse program depends on whether the costs to the developer of search and integration are lower than the costs of writing the software from scratch (Banker et al, 1993). According to the literature, this can be achieved by creating standards and tools that facilitate the search for and integration of software components.…”

Section: Research Gap: Open Source Software Knowledge and Code Reusementioning

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“…This literature also provides insights regarding the possibilities of code reuse in open source software: in software development firms, corporate reuse programs need to commit an initial investment to reuse (Isoda, 1995) in order to generate long-term savings including life-cycle benefits such as maintenance (Banker et al, 1993;Basili, 1990). Program success depends on standards and tools provided to developers (Lim, 1994;Kim and Stohr, 1998), on the certification of software (Knight and Dunn, 1998), as well as on the incentives for developers to reuse (Poulin, 1995).…”

Section: Research Gap: Open Source Software Knowledge and Code Reusementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The organization's funding structure usually needs adaptation to coordinate reuse investments across the organization (Lynex and Layzell, 1998), because developers need to work in repositories and components that are not directly linked to a product. Pilot programs, accompanied by code reuse performance metrics (Frakes and Terry, 1996), may instigate systematic reuse that can be monitored across the organization (Banker et al, 1993).…”

Section: Research Gap: Open Source Software Knowledge and Code Reusementioning

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Code Reuse in Open Source Software

2008

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How software process automation affects software evolution: a longitudinal empirical analysis

Barry

Kemerer

Slaughter

2007

J. Softw. Maint. Evol.: Res. Pract.

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This research analyzes longitudinal empirical data on commercial software applications to test and better understand how software evolves over time, and to measure the likely long‐term effects of a software process automation tool on software productivity and quality. The research consists of two parts. First, we use data from source control systems, defect tracking systems, and archived project documentation to test a series of hypotheses developed by Belady and Lehman about software evolution. We find empirical support for many of these hypotheses, but not all. We then further analyze the data using moderated regression analysis to discern how software process automation efforts at the research site influenced the software evolution lifecycles of the applications. Our results support the claim that automation has enabled the organization to accomplish more work activities with greater productivity, thereby significantly increasing the functionality of the applications portfolio. Despite the growth in software functionality, the analysis suggests that automation has helped to manage software complexity levels and to improve quality by reducing errors over time. Our models and their results demonstrate how longitudinal empirical software data can be used to reveal the often elusive long‐term benefits of investments in software process improvement, and to help managers make more informed resource‐allocation decisions. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Repository evaluation of software reuse

Cited by 68 publications

References 26 publications

Technological and organizational designs for realizing economies of substitution

Technological and organizational designs for realizing economies of substitution

Code Reuse in Open Source Software

How software process automation affects software evolution: a longitudinal empirical analysis

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