The current practices of software reusability approaches in Malaysia

Software reusability refers to the expected reuse potential of a software assets and module can be adapted in more than one software system. It is an effective method to enhance the software productivity and quality. Despite the importance of software reusability, very few study has been carried out in Malaysian IT industry. Hence, this study is aimed to identify the adopted software reusability approaches in the Malaysian IT industry. Quantitative analysis method was used by collecting data through online questionnaire, distributed to 183 IT industry players in Malaysia. Results from this study indicated that the main software reusability approaches adopted by Malaysian IT industry are design patterns, component-based development, application frameworks, COTS Integration and Service-oriented Systems.