Conclusions

Reuse will occur if it must be done to meet external forces. A formal, repeatable process as defined by the major DoD reuse efforts does not have to be present in order to have success. The reuse-oriented organizations need to realize this and offer help to those that are currently not being noticed. The types of software reuse described in this section has often been dismissed as ad hoc and thus not interesting. Yet this type of reuse has had and can continue to have a significant benefits on software cost in the DoD.