Managing Software Reuse: A Case-Based Approach

Based on the book "Managing Software Reuse," attendees will have the
opportunity to roleplay and actively participate in a discussion via the
case-method on the process of initiating, investigating, planning and
implementing a reuse program. Attendees will also be provided an overview
and analysis of effective methods in several key areas. Specifically, they
will learn: 
 How to initiate a reuse program, reuse adoption and institutionalization
models, and the possible roles of a corporate reuse program. 
 How to investigate reuse, how reuse can support or drive organizational
strategy, what the benefits and costs of software reuse are, how to
conduct a cost/benefit analysis for reuse, and some economic results from
applying the cost/benefit model in several organizations. 
 How to plan for reuse, how some organizations are creating a reuse
vision/mission statement, how to organize and staff the reuse program, how
to fund a reuse program, why organizations should measure, how to market
software reuse, and what some of the legal and contractual issues are. 
 How to implement the reuse plan, technology transfer and change
management issues and choosing a conversion strategy. 
This tutorial is an interactive, socratic seminar on establishing a
software reuse program for your organization. This tutorial will cover the
definition of software reuse and the evolution of the reuse concept, its
benefits and costs, its obstacles and critical success factors, its
strategic role in the organization, implementation strategies, staffing,
organizing, financing, and marketing the reuse effort, legal issues, and
measuring and tracking the impact of reuse on the organization. Prior to
the seminar, attendees are asked to read a case of an organization
attempting to implement reuse.