IBM Redbook on Strategic Reuse with Asset-Based Development

A good friend of mine Lee Ackerman let me know last week that a IBM have just publicly released a draft of a new IBM Redbook, titled: Strategic Reuse with Asset-Based Development.

The Redbook is structured as follows:

Part 1. Introduction

• Chapter 1. Introduction to Asset-Based Development


• Chapter 2. ZYX Electronics case study


• Chapter 3. Tools in support of Asset-Based Development


• Chapter 4. Introduction to the IBM Rational Unified Process


• Chapter 5. Asset-Based Development and Asset Governance Rational Method Composer plug-ins


• Chapter 6. Value, impact and return on investment

Part 2. Reusable Assets

• Chapter 7. Adopting Asset-Based Development


• Chapter 8. Configure your asset repository


• Chapter 9. Produce reusable assets


• Chapter 10. Consume reusable assets


• Chapter 11. Manage reusable assets

Part 3. Service Assets in an SOA

• Chapter 12. Introduction to service assets


• Chapter 13. Producing service assets


• Chapter 14. Consuming service assets


• Chapter 15. Managing service assets

Part 4. Patterns

• Chapter 16. Introduction to patterns


• Chapter 17. Produce: model-to-text pattern implementations


• Chapter 18. Produce: model to model


• Chapter 19. Produce: packaging for deployment


• Chapter 20. Consuming pattern implementations


• Chapter 21. Managing pattern implementation assets

Part 5. Appendixes

• Appendix A. Rational Asset Manager: installation and administration


• Appendix B. Integrating Asset-Based Development into a process


• Appendix C. Additional material