Padmal Vitharana
Abstract
Component developers, application assemblers, and customers must all know CBSD advantages and disadvantages before developing components and component-based applications.
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Index Terms
- Risks and challenges of component-based software development
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Thomas B. Hilburn
The very current and popular topic of computer-based software development (CBSD) is addressed in this paper. It provides an overview of CBSD, including basic definitions, advantages, stakeholders, activities, and techniques. As one might expect from the title, most of the paper is devoted to a discussion of the risks and challenges of CBSD. Vitharana discusses this material from three different stakeholder viewpoints: developer, assembler, and customer. Within each stakeholder viewpoint, there are categories concerned with stakeholder activities, management issues, and marketing and competitive concerns. The paper is well organized and easy to read; no special technical knowledge is required. There is nothing particularly insightful or innovative in the paper, however. Most of the content and opinion seems to be common sense, and there are no studies or data (even anecdotal) presented. The advice seems rather superficial, with statements that would apply to most conventional development methodologies (for example: "It's crucial that they track component versions used in applications"; "A low-risk strategy might be to first pursue component-based solutions for routine and non-strategic projects"; and "Being responsive to customers requires assemblers to fix errors promptly and enhance applications as needed"). On the positive side, the author does outline the risks and challenges in a simple and nicely structured fashion, which could serve as a guide for CBSD research, or assist stakeholders in risk management. Online Computing Reviews Service
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