Improving Legacy Systems Maintainability

Abstract

The key to the dilemma posed by vital systems that consume large amounts of staff resources lies in improving systems maintainability. This article classifies legacy systems into four broad categories and presents improvement techniques tailored to each. Fallacies that contribute to critical investment errors are also discussed.

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Young-Gul Kim

YOUNG-GUL KIM is an assistant professor of MIS at the Graduate School of Management of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Seoul Before that be was assistant professor at the Katz Graduate School of Business of the University of Pittsburgh.