Towards reengineering in reuse reengineering processes

Reuse of existing software has been regarded in recent years as a feasible solution to software quality and productivity improvement problems. Various reference paradigms for setting up a reuse reengineering process have been proposed. With reference to the RE/sup 2/ (Reverse Engineering and Reuse Reengineering) paradigm, this paper addresses the problems of the election phase. In particular, by describing an approach to the reuse reengineering of COBOL programs, it tackles the transformation of a set of candidate components into a set of actually reusable modules. This involves the identification of a module template that allows the COBOL code components to be easily reused, and the definition of reverse engineering and reengineering techniques to package the components into the template.