DocumentCode :
3309539
Title :
A study of the effects of software development practices on software maintenance effort
Author :
Slaughter, Sandra A. ; Banker, Rajiv D.
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Ind. Adm., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
fYear :
1996
fDate :
4-8 Nov 1996
Firstpage :
197
Lastpage :
205
Abstract :
Many maintenance problems derive from inadequate software development practices. Poor design choices result in complex software that may be costly to support and difficult to change. A general framework based upon software complexity is proposed that could be used to assess the potential maintenance impact of development tools and techniques. To test the framework, a study was conducted in two commercial organizations. The results indicate that reduced maintenance effort is associated with development practices, including structured programming, report generators and packaged software. A surprising finding is that use of a software code generator is associated with increased maintenance effort
Keywords :
application generators; human resource management; report generators; software development management; software maintenance; software packages; software quality; structured programming; commercial organizations; complex software; development tools; information systems management; packaged software; poor design choices; report generators; software code generator; software complexity; software development practices; software maintenance effort; software productivity; software quality; structured programming; support costs; Software maintenance;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance 1996, Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
ISSN :
1063-6773
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7677-9
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICSM.1996.565007
Filename :
565007
Link To Document :
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