A systematic review of software reuse using domain engineering paradigms

Software reuse is the use of already existing concepts, objects or software components to build new software. The goal of software reuse research is to explore systematic procedures for developing new systems from existing ones. The systematic software reuse is the most effective way to improve software development. Domain engineering plays crucial role in Software Reuse research, which makes the use of approaches based on object oriented design, software architecture and architecture definition languages. These approaches can be significantly used at initial stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). It helps us to reduce the rework by enhancing the productivity and quality of reuse. Thus the goal is to identify barriers of software reusability that must be overcome for successful reuse. This paper presents a detailed literature survey on software reuse processes, current research and challenges which encounters while software reusing.