S/W Component Engineers (try2)

S/W Component Engineers (try2)

[CONTR47]

From:	TECR::CONTR47      24-MAR-1987 03:26
To:	PONY%"info-ada@ada20",CONTR47     
Subj:	Software Component Engineers

Ed Berard's discourse on reusability has inspired me
to share my thought that there is a need for Software
Component Engineers, a job function analogous to the
time honored profession of Hardware Component Engineer.
   A friend of mine was head of component engineering at
a major computer company. He had about 15 engineers working
for him. One engineer was in charge of crystal
oscillators another in charge of certain types of
integrated circuits.
   I believe that as the software industry grows it will reach
a level where large companies have a software components
engineering group with e.g.: one engineer responsible
for DBMS's another for ARTE's, another for scientific
routines etc.
regards, sam harbaugh
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Re: S/W Component Engineers (try2)

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>     I believe that as the software industry grows it will reach
>  a level where large companies have a software components
>  engineering group with e.g.: one engineer responsible
>  for DBMS's another for ARTE's, another for scientific
>  routines etc.

Japan's "Software Factories" already do something analogous.  I
read a paper about the Toshiba Fuchu Works.  They have a "Software
Parts Manufacturing Department" something like what you suggest.


Steven Litvintchouk
MITRE Corporation
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