All About Software Maintenance: 50 Questions and Answers

Abstract

This article answers 50 key questions that every software maintenance manager should ask to improve the software maintenance process. Issues include the feasibility and applicability of software reuse and the development of maintainable software as well as the improvement of existing software and achieving programmer and software productivity. An overview of software tools that aid in maintaining code is also provided.

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Wilma M. Osborne

A computer scientist and software maintenance project leader at the National Bureau of Standards’ Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology. She has 20 years’ experience in data processing.