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An Analysis of Errors in a Reuse-Oriented Development Environment
1998 Award Winner
William M. Thomas, University of Maryland
Alex Delis, Polytechnic University
Victor R. Basili, University of Maryland
ABSTRACT
Component reuse is widely considered vital for obtaining significant improvement in development productivity. However, as an organization adopts a reuse-oriented development process, the nature of the development problems is likely to change. This article, uses a measurement-based approach to better understand and evaluate an evolving reuse process. More specifically, we study the effects of reuse across seven projects in narrow domain from a single development organization. An analysis of the errors that occur in new and reused components across all phases of system development provides insight into the factors influencing the reuse process. Significant differences were found between errors associated with new and various types of errors committed. In addition, differences where identified when errors were introduced and the effect that the errors have on the development process.
Publication
Published in 1997 ŠElsevier Science, Inc. Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 38, pp. 211-224. Publisher does not offer single paper reprint service.
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