Management issues in developing reusable avionics software

Developing reusable software for avionics systems is a challenge to software engineers. The task involves foreseeing the future applications, modeling real-world events, and using appropriate CASE tools throughout the development life cycle, and providing for storage and retrieval of reusable software components. This paper presents a model for developing and managing reusable software components, briefly describes the software process maturity model, and the integration of CASE tools with the process maturity model. It also identifies tools/techniques and methodologies for real-time systems development, examines the critical issues in managing software projects, and offers management guidelines for introducing software engineering methodologies and CASE tools within the organization through a model project which enforces standards for new projects.>