Even if reuse is economically beneficial to an organization, it will not just happen on its own. Processes and mechanisms must be purposefully put in place to promote reuse. This section shows how to tune a reuse initiative to an organization's existing structure and culture. It also shows some project-level management structures that promote reuse of existing assets, and shows the creation of new reusable assets. Implement the mechanisms to support reuse .
Reuseable assets have a life-cycle.
Various mechanisms are needed to support them throughout their progress. This section presents several such mechanisms, from simple checklists to complex database management software, helping support the technical and business issues. Identify and overcome the obstacles to reuse . If reuse were easy to implement, everyone would be doing it. The obstacles are numerous but predictable.