Component-Based Development

This book aims to introduce the key principles of CBD that need to be understood in order to adopt a component-based model of software systems development, and to explain the benefits of adopting such an approach for an organization.

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It will guide the reader through the process of introducing a component-based approach to a business from a programme-planning perspective, based on the author's experience as an industry consultant in this area.
It will also outline the need-to-know issues in designing and assembling components, including strategies for scoping components and managing their assembly.
It will provide the essential background and grounding in the components area for readers who already have a knowledge of model-based methods e.g. OO but want to spring-board over into using a component-based approach.