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Carma McClure (Author)
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076950874X 978-0769508740 June 27, 2001 1
Reuse is one of the simplest and oldest concepts in programming - and one that is often underutilized. When implemented purposefully and correctly, reuse can save time and money as well as create an inventory of valuable and reusable software assets. Dr. Carma McClure, one of the principal writers of the IEEE's Software Reuse Standard 1517, provides clear, concise, and applied information to make effective software reuse based on the reuse standard a reality.

This book provides specific instructions for implementing reuse within the context of the IEEE Software Reuse Process Standard 1517 as well as the IEEE/EIA Standard 12207 - Standard for Information Technology Software Life Cycle Processes. This new guide aids the reader in interpreting the meaning of the standard, implementing the standard, and applying the standard. Like IEEE Std. 1517, this book is written for both managers and technical personnel involved in acquiring, supplying, or developing software applications and systems or reusable assets.

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Reuse is one of the simplest and oldest concepts in programming - and one that is often underutilized. When implemented purposefully and correctly, reuse can save time and money as well as create an inventory of valuable and reusable software assets. Dr. Carma McClure, one of the principal writers of the IEEE's Software Reuse Standard 1517, provides clear, concise, and applied information to make effective software reuse a reality.

This book provides specific instructions for implementing reuse within the context of the IEEE/EIA Standard 12207 - Standard for Information Technology ? Software Life Cycle Processes. This new guide aids the reader in interpreting the meaning of the standard, implementing the standard, and applying the standard. Like IEEE Std. 1517, this book is written for both managers and technical personnel involved in acquiring, supplying, or developing software applications and systems or reusable assets.

About the Author

Carma McClure is Vice President of Research at Extended Intelligence, Inc., a Chicago-based company offering reuse methodology services and products. She has lectured about and consulted on software technologies such as maintenance, re-engineering, CASE, repositories and reuse, for major corporations, military and government organizations worldwide. She has written numerous articles and published ten software engineering books.

She served as chairperson of the Reuse Process Working Group of the IEEE Software Engineering Standards Committee which wrote IEEE Std. 1517 Reuse Processes.

Dr. McClure received a B.A. in Mathematics from Loyola University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology. She is a professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the Kellog Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. She also served as an ACM National Lecturer. E-Mail: 7373302037@Compuserve.com.

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  • Paperback: 318 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr; 1 edition (June 27, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 076950874X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0769508740
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5.0 out of 5 stars Valuable to a narrow audience, September 15, 2001
This review is from: Software Reuse: A Standards-Based Guide (Paperback)
This book has two primary audiences:(1) those who have standardized on IEEE Std 1517 (Software Reuse Process) or (2) organizations that are (a) working within IEEE/EIA Standard 12207 (Standard for Information Technology, Software Life Cycle Processes) and (b) are incorporating reuse practices into their development process. There is a secondary audience that consists of component-based software engineering and/or off-shore contractors ("software factories") that are required to adhere to the 1517 or 12207.

The book primarily focuses on IEEE Std 1517, and does an excellent job of clearly explaining this standard from a macro view. It also provides necessary details for incorporating 1517 into existing development processes. Two strong chapters that I especially like covers the relationship of 1517 to the CMM, which gives some guidance for 1517's requirements into a CMM shop (although it probably would not be a good fit unless an organization was at least at CMM Level 3); and the relationship to UML, which can be expanded and extrapolated to fit within organizations that are using the Rational Unified Process, the OPEN Process or similar approaches.

Summary: If you fit within the primary or secondary audiences I cited above this book is worthwhile. Indeed, it will save time and resources because it is clear on what needs to be accomplished to implement 1517. I also strongly recommend "Measuring Software Reuse" by Jeffrey Poulin as a companion to this book. Combined, these two books contain a recipe for successful software reuse within the context of IEEE Std 1517.

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Software reuse is the process of building or assembling software applications and systems from previously developed software parts designed for reuse. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reuse program manager, consumer reuse, cycle process framework, domain engineering plan, domain engineering process, management communication mechanism, reusability criteria, engineering feedback mechanism, software integration plan, program support function, asset storage, practicing reuse, process implementation activity, formal reuse program, practicing software reuse, multiple software projects, reuse catalog, producer reuse, asset classification scheme, mini life cycle, asset commonality, reusability characteristics, software life cycle requirements, software reuse practices, reusable software parts
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Implementation Suggestions, Reuse Program Administration Process, Asset Management Process, Custodian of Deliverable, Initiation Activity, Life of Deliverable, Operation Process, Producer of Deliverable, Suggested Tools, Example of Adding, Other Deliverables, Review Audience, Include Consumer Reuse, Organization Software Asset Commonality, Required Supporting Techniques, Software Architectural Design Activity, Software Engineering Institute, Analysis Report, Documentation Process, Software Reuse Techniques, Word Processor Tasks, Capability Maturity Model, Domain Identification Activity, Implementation Considerations Figure, Information Tech
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