Program of Reuse at Manufacturing Productivity Operation

Alvina Nishimoto
Hewlett-Packard Company
Manufacturing Productivity Operation
5301 Stevens Creek Blvd. M/S 51U/92
Santa Clara, CA 95051
408-553-3682, alvina_nishimoto@hpc700.desk.hp.com

This paper describes a program of reuse that began in January 1984 with a new MPO product and has evolved to include three other existing products and all new enhancements to these products over the last seven years. The topics covered include:

• How the program was initiated and how our definition of reuse has changed over time
• How the program evolved to include other already existing products
• Development of the fix process for reuse components
• Coordination issues between products and the formation of the Shared Components Council
• Results of reuse metrics
• What lessons we learned and suggested areas for improvement

Major emphasis is on what we learned along the way and how our reuse program has evolved to include other products.

Keywords: re-engineering for reuse, reuse maintenance process, reuse councils, reuse metrics