Software Evolution & Maintenance

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Software Evolution & Maintenance

For many systems, post-delivery evolution consumes more resources than original development 10:1 or greater

Agenda

Introduction

Vocabulary: “Maintenance”

Software Evolution: Causes and Consequences

Example

Evolutionary/phasedrelease development

Consequences

Example Modularization Effects

Anticipation of Future Changes

Domain modeling

System Assembly and Integration

Software Reengineering

Reverse Engineering

Summary

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