Web dynpro design question

Hi,
I have a requirement where there are around 5 web dynpro applications required to fill in some data in a particular order. The differentiation between these 5 applications is in the fact that there could be different navigational paths between the related views. The views themselves are re-usable. Following are 2 ways by which this can be implemented-
1)By having multiple components, the views shared between these components, each application corresponds to one component, each of which only one window with navigational links between the used component interface views of the other components involved.
2)By having a single web dynpro component, with multiple windows, which in turn will have different navigational links between views. Each application will access different windows and its interface views and hence the navigation can be different. The views share a common component controller and different custom controllers, one each for each model.But because different people are sharing this component during development(using DTR and JDI), I dont know whether there are any issues with 2 people working on the same component.
I feel method 2 is better. Do you agree? Do you see any issues?/any suggestions?
Cheers
LM

LM,
I would go for the first option in a team oriented development environment because it would definitely avoid all the dependency issues that would arise in option 2.
Also, option 1 is better if you are thinking about reuse of certain components for future implementations. Refer this <a href="https://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.comhttp://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/bd0e0401-0801-0010-aaab-d0e1742da383">tutorial</a> for further details about Componentization.
Good luck.
Bala
PS: Sorry,initially I've numbered the options incorrectly. It has been corrected now.
Message was edited by: Bala Krishnan

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