Component Based Development in Systems Integration
Matthias Minich, Bettina Harriehausen-Mühlbauer, Christoph Wentzel
Abstract: Software development in systems integration projects is still reliant on craftsmanship of highly skilled workers. To make such projects more profitable, an industrialized production, characterized by high efficiency and quality, seems inevitable. While first milestones of software indus-trialization have recently been achieved, it is questionable if these can be applied to the field of systems integration as well. Besides specialization, standardization and systematic reuse is one of the key concepts of industrialization, represented by component-based development (CBD). The present work analyses a CBD approach suitable for large scale, enterprise wide systems, while considering the particularities typical for the field of systems integration in large enterprises. The outcome is an alignment of an adapted CBD approach with organizational requirements found in the industrial principle of specialization, as well as entities found in a typical system based on enterprise application integration.