Title :
Using code metrics to predict maintenance of legacy programs: a case study
Author :
Polo, Macario ; Piattini, Mario ; Ruiz, Francisco
Author_Institution :
Escuela Superior de Informatica, Univ. of Castilla, Spain
Abstract :
The paper presents an empirical study on the correlation of simple code metrics and maintenance necessities. The goal of the work is to provide a method for the estimation of maintenance in the initial stages of outsourcing maintenance projects, when the maintenance contract is being prepared and there is very little available information on the software to be maintained. The paper shows several positive results related to the mentioned goal
Keywords :
outsourcing; software maintenance; software metrics; case study; code metrics; empirical study; legacy programs; maintenance contract; maintenance estimation; maintenance necessities; maintenance prediction; outsourcing; simple code metrics; Business; Computer aided software engineering; Contracts; Costs; Information technology; Outsourcing; Preventive maintenance; Programming; Software maintenance; Software quality;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florence
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1189-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICSM.2001.972733
