List the main benefits of software reuse.

List the main benefits of software reuse.

Ans:     Increased dependability: Reused software, which has been tried and tested in working systems, should be more dependable than new software. Its design and implementation faults should have been found and fixed.

Reduced process risk: The cost of existing software is already known, whereas the costs of development are always a matter of judgment. This is an important factor for project management because it reduces the margin of error in project cost estimation. This is particularly true when relatively large software components such as subsystems are reused.

Effective use of specialists: Instead of doing the same work over and over again, application specialists can develop reusable software that encapsulates their knowledge.

Standards compliance: Some standards, such as user interface standards, can be implemented as a set of reusable components. For example, if menus in a user interface are implemented using reusable components, all applications present the same menu formats to users. The use of standard user interfaces improves dependability because users make fewer mistakes when presented with a familiar interface.

Accelerated development: Bringing a system to market as early as possible is often more important than overall development costs. Reusing software can speed up system.