Title :
A cost analysis of the software dilemma: to maintain or to replace
Author :
Barua, Anitesh ; Mukhopadhyay, Tridas
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Ind. Adm., Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
The authors develop an analytical model for determining the optimal rewriting time. They consider two rewriting strategies involving two different technologies. Several interesting propositions with managerial implications emerge from the analysis. These include the impacts of increasing maintenance requirements and unstructuredness of the technology on the optimal rewriting time, the differences in replacement times for the two technologies, and the effects of system integration requirements on replacement decisions
Keywords :
economics; software engineering; analytical model; cost analysis; maintenance requirements; optimal rewriting time; replacement decisions; software maintenance; software replacement; system integration requirements; unstructuredness; Analytical models; Computer industry; Control systems; Cost function; Data processing; Information systems; Size control; Software maintenance; Software measurement; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1989. Vol.III: Decision Support and Knowledge Based Systems Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1913-9
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1989.49228
