The Elusive Search for Business Frameworks Meta Thoughts on Building Domain Oriented Frameworks

Object and Component [1] technology promised frameworks that would enable businesses to achieve substantial reuse. Such reuse reduces the time and expense of development and increases the quality by building on tested software. Business frameworks represent portions of the business, typically a specific domain such as retail banking, financial instruments, insurance, and human resources. Using a business framework, developers can assemble a complete business application by tailoring the framework for a particular business. They represent the Holy Grail in the value chain of frameworks and components.