The CEISAR has published a white paper on Foundation on october 7th, 2009.

Foundation gathers every element which can be reused in an Enterprise. CEISAR sponsors asked questions like :

• How to define Foundation ?
• What works today ?
• Which value ?
• How to decide on investing in a Foundation ?
• How to build a good Foundation ?
• How to use it properly in Solution teams ?
• How to manage a Foundation with packaged applications ?

This white paper provides a set of definitions and principles to understand what Foundation is and how to take profit out of it.