Title :
The current practices of software reusability approaches in Malaysia
Author :
Ahmaro, Ibraheem Y. Y. ; Bin Mohd Yusoff, Mohd Zaliman ; Mohd Abualkishik, Abdallah
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Software Eng., Univ. Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Kajang, Malaysia
Abstract :
Software reusability refers to the expected reuse potential of a software assets and module can be adapted in more than one software system. It is an effective method to enhance the software productivity and quality. Despite the importance of software reusability, very few study has been carried out in Malaysian IT industry. Hence, this study is aimed to identify the adopted software reusability approaches in the Malaysian IT industry. Quantitative analysis method was used by collecting data through online questionnaire, distributed to 183 IT industry players in Malaysia. Results from this study indicated that the main software reusability approaches adopted by Malaysian IT industry are design patterns, component-based development, application frameworks, COTS Integration and Service-oriented Systems.
Keywords :
DP industry; object-oriented programming; software quality; software reusability; COTS integration; Malaysian IT industry; application frameworks; component-based development; design patterns; quantitative analysis method; service-oriented systems; software assets; software productivity enhancement; software quality enhancement; software reusability approaches; Companies; Industries; Information technology; Productivity; Software engineering; Software reusability; COTS Integration; Service-oriented Systems; application frameworks; component-based development; design patterns; software reusability;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering Conference (MySEC), 2014 8th Malaysian
Conference_Location :
Langkawi
DOI :
10.1109/MySec.2014.6986009
