Transitioning from development to maintenance

Author

Vollman, Thomas

Author_Institution

Div. of Natural Sci. & Math., St. Mary´´s College of Maryland, MD, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

26-29 Nov 1990

Firstpage

189

Lastpage

199

Abstract

It is pointed out that the life cycle of many large software systems includes a major milestone for delivery and a transition phase during which the software item ceases to be the responsibility of the developer and becomes the responsibility of some other organization. The author identifies management and technical issues which arise as a part of this transition. These issues include the transfer of project management functions, the provision for future development/maintenance technical support, the establishment of new user-maintainer interfaces, and the installation and implementation of the hardware, software, tools, and procedures in the maintenance facility which are necessary so that maintenance may commence

Keywords

DP management; software maintenance; large software systems; life cycle; management; project management functions; software item; technical issues; technical support; transition phase; user-maintainer interfaces; Cities and towns; Contracts; Documentation; Educational institutions; Hardware; Mathematics; Project management; Software maintenance; Software systems; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Maintenance, 1990, Proceedings., Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2091-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSM.1990.131353

Filename

131353