Paper Info
Title
The Tension between Integration and Fragmentation in a Component Based Software Development Ecosystem
Abstract
Historically, software application systems have been produced either individually tailored for the specific customer, or they have been adapted from standardized packages. This paper proposes that component based software development could provide a synthesis of both approaches, combining the best aspects of each of the other two paradigms. Taking a closer look at the underlying principles of software reuse and modularity, however, reveals a number of conflicting forces that influence the acceptance and diffusion of this new paradigm within and throughout the software industry. A dialectical change perspective is used to explain this change process. It is argued that traditional software producers have a dominant position in their industry, and will be able to retain this position for some time. However, the concept of mindful innovation is introduced to give an outlook how smaller software producers might exploit the opportunities that this paradigm shift provides.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/HICSS.2006.486
System Sciences, 2006. HICSS '06. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
dominant position,change process,software reuse,software industry,new paradigm,software development,software application system,software development ecosystem,smaller software producer,traditional software producer,dialectical change perspective,productivity,packaging,paradigm shift,component based software development,application software,ecosystems,programming,hardware,software systems
Software Engineering Process Group,Software engineering,Computer science,Knowledge management,Software system,Exploit,Software,Component-based software engineering,Application software,Goal-Driven Software Development Process,Software development,Process management
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
9
1530-1605
0-7695-2507-5
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.41
19
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jens-Magnus Arndt171.21
Jens Dibbern288645.14