Title :
Cash cow in the tar pit: reengineering a legacy system
Author :
Adolph, W. Stephena
Author_Institution :
British Columbia Inst. of Technol., Burnaby, BC, Canada
fDate :
5/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Many old systems are still with us and burden us with baggage, but replacing them, particularly when they are legacy systems, is not as straightforward as it seems. The author imparts some of the lessons learned on a legacy-replacement project
Keywords :
business data processing; software development management; software maintenance; systems re-engineering; business; legacy system; legacy-replacement project; software development projects; software maintenance; systems reengineering; Costs; Hardware; Manufacturing; Project management; Rail transportation; Risk management; Software engineering; Software performance; Software systems; Software tools;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
