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In this paper we discuss an approach to organizing the integration of 110,000 lines of C, SQL, Assembler, and microcode distributed over a network of 36 processors of four types so that it could be accomplished in six months. The software runs on a test system architecture consisting of a LAN-based workstation group and a set of VME-based embedded processors. By using structured methodology, parallelism in the integration process was achieved. The necessary “stub tools” were identified and developed before integration began. The principles followed and experiences of integrating the system are discussed.
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Bennett, M.J. Rapid software integration using structured methods. Journal of Systems Integration 2, 53–66 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02265071
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02265071