Title :
Current state of software maintenance in Japan: in depth view
Author_Institution :
Software Res. Associates Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The study activities of the Software Maintenance Study Group (SMSG) in Japan are described. SMSG was established in December 1990 to discuss the problems of the maintenance sections handling very large software systems in about 30 major companies in Japan. SMSG is organized from a program committee and six working groups. The author reports the current progress of these groups, emphasizing groups studying the maintenance process and maintenance tools
Keywords :
DP industry; government policies; software maintenance; software tools; Japan; SMSG; Software Maintenance Study Group; maintenance sections; maintenance tools; major companies; study activities; very large software systems; Bismuth; Documentation; Environmental management; Personnel; Quality management; Software maintenance; Software systems; Standardization; Technology management; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance, 1992. Proceerdings., Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2980-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSM.1992.242562
