THE REBOOT APPROACH TO SOFTWARE REUSE

Although some companies have been successful in software reuse, many r esearch projects on reuse have had little industrial penetration. Ofte n the proposed technology has been too ambitious or exotic, or did not scale up. REBOOT emphasizes industrial applicability of the proposed technology in a holistic perspective: a validated method through a Met hodology Handbook, a stabilized tool set around a reuse library, a tra ining package, and initial software repositories of reusable component s extracted from company-specific projects. This article presents the REBOOT approach to software reuse, covering both organizational and te chnical aspects and the experiences so far from the applications.