Title :
Improving Change Impact Analysis with a Tight Integrated Process and Tool
Author :
Pirklbauer, Guenter ; Fasching, Christian ; Kurschl, Werner
Author_Institution :
Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Hagenberg, Austria
Abstract :
Change impact analysis plays an immanent role in the maintenance and enhancement of software systems, especially for defect prevention. In our previous work we have developed approaches to detect logical dependencies among artifacts in repositories and calculated different metrics. But that is not enough, because in order to use change impact analysis a detailed process with guidelines on the one hand, and appropriate tools on the other hand will be needed. To show the importance of such an approach, we have gathered problems and analyzed requirements in the field of a social insurance company. Based on these requirements we have developed a process and a tool which helps analysts in performing activities along the defined process. In this paper we present the tool for change impact analysis and the significance of the tight integration of the tool into the process.
Keywords :
data analysis; data visualisation; software maintenance; change impact analysis; defect prevention; logical dependency detection; software system enhancement; software system maintenance; Computer bugs; Data acquisition; Guidelines; Information analysis; Navigation; Performance analysis; Software engineering; Software maintenance; Software systems; Visualization; Change Couplings; Graph Visualization; Process Development; Software Maintenance;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG), 2010 Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6270-4
DOI :
10.1109/ITNG.2010.100