A Social-Technical Approach to the Evolutionary Construction of Reusable Software Component Repositories

gerhard FischerU of colorado @ BoulderTitle：一种面向可重用软件组件库（PIs）演化构建的社会技术方法；Gerhard Fischer和Yunwen Ye虽然软件重用提高了软件开发的质量和生产力，但是由于在创建和维护重用存储库以及使软件开发人员能够使用重用存储库中的组件构建新系统方面存在困难，系统重用还没有达到预期的成功。这两个问题陷入了僵局：如果软件开发人员无法重用，那么在重用上的投资就不合理；如果公司不愿意在重用上投资，软件开发人员就没有什么可重用的了。该项目采用社会技术方法来解决这两个问题。它将基于播种、进化增长和重新播种（SER）模型开发有利于重用的环境，以指导重用存储库的开发和演变。通过创建一组工具来支持SER模型的每个阶段：SEEDER、BROKER、ENHANCER和RESEEDER，它将实例化用于重用的概念框架。这项研究将对软件重用中的社会、认知和技术问题产生新的理解，并探索新的方法和开发支持重用的创新工具。研究结果将对信息存储系统的设计和以人为本的软件开发环境产生重要影响。

ABSTRACTSEL - 0204277Gerhard FischerU of Colorad @ BoulderTitle: A Social-Technical Approach to the Evolutionary Construction of Reusable Software Component Repositories PIs: Gerhard Fischer and Yunwen Ye Although software reuse improves both the quality and productivity of software development, systematic reuse has not yet met its expected success due to difficulties in creating and maintaining reuse repositories and enabling software developers to build new systems with components from the reuse repository. The two issues are in a deadlock: if software developers are unable to reuse, the investments on reuse cannot be justified; if companies are unwilling to invest in reuse, software developers have little to reuse. This project takes a social-technical approach to address both issues. It will develop reuse-conducive environments based on the Seeding, Evolutionary Growth, and Reseeding (SER) model to guide thedevelopment and evolution of reuse repositories. It will instantiate the conceptual framework for reuse by creating a set of tools to support each phase of the SER model: SEEDER, BROKER, ENHANCER, and RESEEDER. This research will create a new understanding of the social, cognitive, and technical issues in software reuse, and explore new approaches and develop innovative tools to support reuse. The results of the research will make a significant impact on the design of information repository systems and human-centered software development environments.