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Software Industrialization in Systems Integration
Minich M, Harriehausen-Mühlbauer B, Wentzel C, Phippen AD
Proceedings of the Fourth Collaborative Research Symposium on Security, E-learning, Internet and Networking (SEIN 2008), Wrexham, UK, ISBN: 978-1-84102-196-6, pp91-109, 2008
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Today’s economy is in a permanent change, causing merger and acquisitions and co operations between enterprises (Vogler, 2004). Consequential process adaptations and realignments usually result in systems integration and software development projects. Processes and procedures to execute such projects are still reliant on craftsmanship of highly skilled workers (Greenfield, 2004b). A generally accepted, industrialized production, characterized by high efficiency and quality, seems inevitable.

In spite of this, current concepts of software industrialization are aimed at traditional software engineering and do not consider the particularities of systems integration. From the author’s point of view it distinguishes itself from traditional software development in various points. The present work, and the subsequent research, will therefore focus on the implementation of industrialization concepts in the area of systems integration. The present paper briefly describes the idea of software industrialization, depicts current concepts from science, discusses the particularities of systems integration and suggests further areas of research. The objective of the suggested research should bring the area of systems integration closer to an industrialized production, allowing a higher efficiency, quality and return on investment.

Minich M, Harriehausen-Mühlbauer B, Wentzel C, Phippen AD