Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE): A paradigm that constructs systems from independently developed, interchangeable components, enhancing modularity and reuse.

In today's enterprise landscape, software development often resembles a game of telephone. Business users articulate needs, and—after those needs go through layers of marketing, product and ...

In 1968, at the NATO conference on software engineering, Douglas McIlroy presented component-based development as a possible solution to the dilemma.