Improving software development practices through components - Euromicro Conference, 2001. Proceedings. 27th

Today sofhvare organizations f i x e the challenge to develop qualiv products and services to respond to the rising custonier requests arid to sustain the growing of niodeni society. Software crisis, a concept coined many Tears ago but still actuol todqj,, synthesizes the chronic inadequacy of the software jirm to satisjy customer needs. Software develoimetit is a v e n complex process that has not achieved the maturih level that the inarket requires; software engineering and specific technologies like object orientation arid components promise to raise the process CaiJddit?., reducing developinerit time arid costs arid increasirig software qitrility This yriper presents ci cuse stud>l concerning the iniprovernent of the software rlevelopmerit process of ci small Itrilian firm through the adoption of a compoiientbased q)proach. I t describes the methodology ndopted from a technical point of Ltierv arid it details the inipact that the improvernetit action hc id on the orgariiz.atiori,