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Multiple Answers: informal vs systematic reuse

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The text distinguishes between informal reuse and more systematic reuse-oriented processes.

Select all statements that describe informal reuse.

Developers copy designs or code they know from previous projects

Reuse happens without a defined organizational process or repository

Components are discovered through ad hoc searching or personal memory

Reuse is governed by a formal component catalog and selection process

(1) Developers copy designs or code they know from previous projects

(2) Reuse happens without a defined organizational process or repository

(3) Components are discovered through ad hoc searching or personal memory

Informal reuse relies on individual knowledge and ad hoc practices, whereas systematic reuse uses formal processes and repositories.

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition