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From: abbott@aero.ARPA (Russell J. Abbott)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Software Reuse
Keywords: Software Reuse
Message-ID: <43186@aero.ARPA>
Date: 14 Dec 88 15:33:12 GMT
Reply-To: abbott@aero.UUCP or abbott@aerospace.aero.org (Russell J. Abbott)
Distribution: comp.software-eng
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
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There has been much discussionn recently about software reuse.  I'm
interested in knowing the extent to which the organization for which
readers of this newsgroup work supports/encourages reuse.  For example:

Are there corporate-wide (division-wide, department-wide, ??-wide) reuse
libraries?

Is the creation of reusable elements encouraged?  If so, how?  For
example, one of the evaluation items in a performance review may be the
number of reusable elements submitted to (and accepted by) the reuse
library.

Is reuse encoraged?  If so, how?  For example, there may be a regular
newsletter to inform people of new elements available for reuse.  Or if
there is a reuse library, there may be support for people wanting to use
it?

I will summarize and post replies.

Thanks.

-- Russ Abbott