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| Author: | Irwin, G. |
| Title: | The Role of Similarity in the Reuse of Object-Oriented Analysis Models |
| Journal: | Journal of Management Information Systems
2002 : FALL, VOL. 19:2, p. 219-248 |
| Index terms: | MODELS ANALYTICAL REVIEW SOFTWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Software reuse - the application of existing software artifacts in the development of a new system - has been claimed to dramatically improve systems development productivity and quality. These claims have been particularly pronounced with respect to the reuse of object-oriented (OO) software artifacts. However, the empirical evaluations of these claims are relatively sparse and often inconsistent. This paper begins to address the gap in the literature. A verbal-protocol study was conducted in which analysts created a model for a problem (the target) and was given an example problem and solution (the source) to reuse. The results show little support for reuse in OO analysis. The paper states that reuse had no effect on the quality of the OO analysis models. |
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