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The researchers in the field of software development regard the reuse of components as one possible approach when creating quality software in less time and with fewer people. When components are used and created in the software development, one critical success factor is the use of domain analysis (DA). We report an action case study where the DA technique is first integrated into an existing software development method and then refined based on the experience of using it in a pilot project. The results indicate that our approach produces reusable components across a company-wide domain and eases the use of them in other development projects within domain.
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Forsell, M. (2002). Adding Domain Analysis to Software Development Method. In: Harindranath, G., et al. New Perspectives on Information Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0595-2_15
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