DocumentCode
1928112
Title
A case study on the long-term effects of software redocumentation
Author
Rostkowycz, Alexander J. ; Rajlich, Václav ; Marcus, Andrian
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI, USA
fYear
2004
fDate
11-14 Sept. 2004
Firstpage
92
Lastpage
101
Abstract
This work presents data from a long-term (four year) case study of the effects of incremental software redocumentation of data communications services software that is a part of a check processing system. It presents data on the relative cost and completeness of the incremental redocumentation and its impact on programmer productivity and cost of the software change. The break-even point occurred after 1.5 years of effort, which means that the extra investment in redocumentation started paying off after 1.5 years of redocumentation activity.
Keywords
data communication; software cost estimation; system documentation; check processing system; data communications services software; redocumentation activity; software redocumentation; Communication system software; Computer aided software engineering; Computer science; Costs; Data communication; Documentation; Productivity; Programming profession; Software maintenance; Web sites;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Maintenance, 2004. Proceedings. 20th IEEE International Conference on
ISSN
1063-6773
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2213-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSM.2004.1357794
Filename
1357794
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