Title :
An operational approach to corrective software maintenance
Author :
Jorgensen, Paul C.
Author_Institution :
Res. & Technol. Inst. of West Michigan, Grand Valley State Univ., Allendale, MI, USA
Abstract :
The author argues that maintenance practitioners are served well by an operational view of a system, in which the sequential behavior is emphasized, as opposed to the visual hierarchy of functions viewpoint. The traditional and operational view of software development are compared, and an entity-relationship model of operational software development is offered. A typical corrective maintenance action is traced through the operational model database to illustrate the support offered. Finally, several research directions are proposed
Keywords :
relational databases; software engineering; software tools; corrective software maintenance; entity-relationship model; operational model database; sequential behavior; software development; visual hierarchy of functions; Computer errors; Databases; Documentation; Error correction; Life testing; Programming; Software maintenance; Software systems; Software testing; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance, 1988., Proceedings of the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0879-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICSM.1988.10173
