Establishing Extra Organizational Reuse Capabilities

Abstract. Component-based software engineering (CBSE) for companies active in custom solutions development is far from being reality. To make progress more industrial research as well as accordant technology management is needed. In this contribution we introduce a classification of components in terms of component’s scale and in terms of functional vs. technical concerns. From this basis we argue that only some areas of software reuse promise substantial growth in delivery efficiency and show how this is related to the extra organizational reuse approach.