Software Reuse Knowledge Map

The term Software Reuse can be defined as a process of developing software systems from existing ones, instead of creating them from scratch [2, 3, 4, 5]. In many software engineering disciplines, systems are designed by recomposing existing software components that have been used in other systems. It has become a topic of renewed interest in the software community because of its potential benefits, which include increased product quality, decreased product cost and schedule. Software is rarely built completely from scratch. To a great extent, existing software documents (source code, design documents, etc.) are copied and adapted to fit new requirements. Software engineering is focused more on original development. However, it is now recognized that to create better software in a time efficient and cost effective way, we may need to adopt a design process that is based on systematic software reuse factors. This paper aims at applying Software Stability Model (SSM) approach towards creating a model for Unified Software Reuse that is applicable in all scenarios and diverse domains. The software stability notion ensures high reuse ability, stability and a more design efficient model, which is domain independent too. The key contribution of this Paper is to present an idea of having a stable analysis pattern listing the Enduring business themes (EBTs) and Business Objectives (BOs) involved in the area of Unified Software Reuse. Such a generic model can further be applied to any possible scenario. .