Realizing the slow progress, management decided in January 1993 to mandate reuse by establishment of a formal reuse target of 20the organization. The targets were propagated down the hierarchy and even included in some individual's performance plans.
The effect was an immediate jump in requests for reusable parts. Fortunately, most requests could be satisfied, particularly by our own unique parts center [#!Lenz87!#] providing general purpose components for abstract data types and class libraries. The fact that now there was no choice for the professional but to leave traditional paths in order to support the reuse target, and the support of the management team, which also had the objective to utilize new software development methods, literally changed the world at Boeblingen Lab. The ratio of reuse related activities 1992 to 1993 is close to 1:4.