A Reuse Reference Grid for Strategic Reuse Goals Assessment

Reuse throughout system life cycles is the most promising organizational policy for cost containment and benefit exploitation available to information system managers today. Large-scale reuse is an expensive endeavor whose benefits are realized when it is applied strategically rather than tactically. The distinction eludes many (and challenges most) IS managers. We present a reuse reference grid for managers to use as an assessment framework to help categorize and assess the cost/benefit of their current level of reuse as a prelude to considering future reuse opportunities.