Barriers to disseminating off-the-shelf based development theories to IT industry
Authors: 
Jingyue Li, Reidar Conradi, Odd Petter N. Slyngstad, Christian Bunse, Umair Khan, Maurizio Morisio, 
Marco TorchianoAuthors Info & Claims
Jingyue Li, Reidar Conradi, Odd Petter N. Slyngstad, Christian Bunse, Umair Khan, Maurizio Morisio, Marco TorchianoAuthors Info & ClaimsPages 1 - 4
Abstract
In this position paper, we have reported results of an industrial seminar. The seminar was intended to show our findings in an international survey, conducted in Norway, Italy and Germany, on off-the-shelf component-based development. Discussion in the second section of the seminar revealed several obstacles of popularizing the OTS based development theories into IT industry.
References
[1]
Albert, C. and Brownsword L. Evolutionary Process for Integrating COTS-Based System (EPIC): An Overview. SEI, Pittsburgh. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/publications/documents/02.reports/02tr009.html. 2002.
[2]
Boehm, B. W., Port, D., Yang, Y., and Bhuta, J. Not All CBS Are Created Equally COTS-intensive Project Types. In Proc. of the 2nd International Conference on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS'03) (Ottawa, Canada, February 2003), LNCS Vol. 2580, Springer-Verlag, 2003, 36--50.
[3]
Brownsword, L., Oberndorf, T. and Sledge, C. Developing New Processes for COTS-Based Systems. IEEE Software, 71, 4, (July/August, 2000), 48--55.
[4]
Dorda, S. C., Dean, J. C., Morris, E., and Oberndorf, P. A Process for COTS Software Product Evaluation. In Proc. of the 1st Int. Conf. on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS'02), (Orlando, FL, USA, Feb. 2002), LNCS Vol. 2255, Springer-Verlag, 2002, 176--187.
[5]
Fitzgerald, B. A Critical Look at Open Source. IEEE Computer, 37, 7, (July 2004), 92--94.
[6]
Gorton, I. and Liu, A. Streamlining the Acquisition Process for Large-Scale COTS Middleware Components. In Proc. of the 1st Int. Conf. on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS'02), (Orlando, FL, USA, Feb. 2002), LNCS Vol. 2255, Springer-Verlag, 2002, 122--131.
[7]
Holck, J., Larsen, M. H., and Pedersen, M. K. Managerial and Technical Barriers to the Adoption of Open Source Software. In Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS'05), (Bibao, Spain Feb. 2005), LNCS Vol. 3412. Springer-Verlag, 2005, 289--300.
[8]
INCO project description, http://www.ifi.uio.no/~isu/INCO, 2000
[9]
Lawlis, P. K., Mark, K. E., Thomas, D. A., and Courtheyn, T. A Formal Processes for Evaluating COTS Software Products. IEEE Computer, 34, 5, (May 2001), 58--63.
[10]
Lawton, G. Open Source Security: Opportunity or Oxymoron? IEEE Computer, 35, 3, (March 2002), 18--21.
[11]
Li, J., Bjørnson, F. O., Conradi, R., and Kampenes, V. B. An Empirical Study of Variations in COTS-based Software Development Processes in Norwegian IT Industry. In Proc. of the 10th IEEE Int. Metrics Symposium (Metrics'04), (Chicago, USA, September 2004), IEEE Press, 2004, 72--83.
[12]
Li, J., Conradi, R., Slyngstad, O. P. N., Torchiano, M., Morisio, M., and Bunse, C. A State-of-Practice Survey on Risk Management in Off-the-Shelf Component-Based Development. In Proc. of the 4th Int. Conf. on COTS-based Software System (ICCBSS'05), (Bibao, Spain Feb. 2005), LNCS Vol. 3412 Springer-Verlag, 2005, 278--288.
[13]
Li, J., Conradi, R., Slyngstad, O. P. N., Bunse, C., Khan, M., Torchiano, M., and Morisio, M. An Empirical Study on Off-the-Shelf Component Usage in Industrial Projects. Forthcoming in the 6th Int. Conf. on Product Focused Software Process Improvement(PROFES 2005) (Oulu, Finland, June, 2005)
[14]
Morisio, M., Seaman, C. B., Parra, A. T., Basili, V. R., Kraft, S. E., and Condon, S. E. Investigating and Improving a COTS-Based Software Development Process. In Proc. of the 22nd Int. Conf. on Software Engineering (ICSE 2000). (Limerick, Ireland, June, 2000). ACM Press, New York, NY, 2000, 31--40.
[15]
Perrone, V. A Wish List for Requirements Engineering for COTS-Based Information Systems. In Proc. of the 3rd Int. Conf. on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS'04) (Redondo Beach, CA, USA, Feb. 2004), LNCS Vol. 2959, Springer-Verlage, 2004, 146--158.
[16]
Port, D. and Chen, S. Assessing COTS Assessment: How Much Is Enough? In Proc. of the 3rd Int. Conf. on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS'04) (Redondo Beach, CA, USA, Feb. 2004), LNCS Vol. 2959, Springer-Verlage, Berlin Heidelberg New York (2004), 183--198.
[17]
Port, D. and Chen, S.,; Empirical Analysis of COTS Activity Effort Sequences. Proc. of the 3rd Int. Conf. on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS'04) (Redondo Beach, CA, USA, Feb. 2004), LNCS Vol. 2959, Springer-Verlage, 2004, 169--182.
[18]
Robert, J., Buhman, C., Garcia, S., Allinder, D., Bringing COTS Information Technology into Small Manufacturing Enterprises. In Proc. of the 2nd Int. Conf. on COTS-Based Software Systems (ICCBSS'03), (Ottawa Canada, Feb. 2003), LNCS Vol. 2580. Springer-Verlag, 2003, 187--195.
[19]
SEI (Software Engineering Institute). COTS-Based Initiative Description. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cbs/cbs_description.html. 2004
[20]
Torchiano M. and Morisio M., "Overlooked Facts on COTS-based Development", IEEE Software, 21, 2, (March/April 2004), 88--93.
Index Terms
- Barriers to disseminating off-the-shelf based development theories to IT industry
Recommendations
Barriers to disseminating off-the-shelf based development theories to IT industry
MPEC '05: Proceedings of the second international workshop on Models and processes for the evaluation of off-the-shelf componentsIn this position paper, we have reported results of an industrial seminar. The seminar was intended to show our findings in an international survey, conducted in Norway, Italy and Germany, on off-the-shelf component-based development. Discussion in the ...
An empirical study on decision making in off-the-shelf component-based development
ICSE '06: Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Software engineeringComponent-based software development (CBSD) is becoming more and more important since it promotes reuse to higher levels of abstraction. As a consequence, many components are available being either open-source software (OSS) or commercial-off-the-shelf (...
A survey of software development with open source components in Chinese software industry
ICSP'07: Proceedings of the 2007 international conference on Software processChinese software companies are increasingly using Open Source Software (OSS) components in system development. Integrating such components into new software systems leads to challenges related to component selection, component integration and testing, ...
Comments
Information & Contributors
Information
Published In
May 200544 pages
Copyright © 2005 Copyright is held by the owner/author(s).
Permission to make digital or hard copies of part or all of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for third-party components of this work must be honored. For all other uses, contact the Owner/Author.
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
New York, NY, United States
Publication History
Published: 21 May 2005
Published in SIGSOFT Volume 30, Issue 4
Check for updates
Author Tags
Qualifiers
- Article
Contributors
Other Metrics
Bibliometrics & Citations
Bibliometrics
Article Metrics
- View Citations2Total Citations
- 244Total Downloads
- Downloads (Last 12 months)0
- Downloads (Last 6 weeks)0
Reflects downloads up to 05 Mar 2025
Other Metrics
Citations
View Options
Login options
Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.
Sign in