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Disadvantages of reuse-oriented development

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Reuse-oriented development also has drawbacks.

Which of the following is a key disadvantage?

Requirements compromises may be necessary to fit available components.

It ensures full control over the evolution of all components.

It eliminates the need to understand the problem domain.

It always guarantees a perfect match to user needs.

Requirements compromises may be necessary to fit available components.

Because components rarely match requirements exactly, the system may have to be shaped around what is available, potentially missing some user needs.

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition