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| Author: | Hall, R. P. |
| Title: | Seven ways to cut software maintenance costs. |
| Journal: | Datamation
1987 : JUL 15, VOL. 33:14, p. 81-82, 84 |
| Index terms: | SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE COST REDUCTION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Corporate MIS departments can reap big benefits by trimming the time and money spent on software maintenance. Corrective, perfective and adaptive typers of maintenance are mentioned. A series of strategies at all stages of software operations are recommended in relation to existing or future systems, personnel, and the development process itself: 1/ improving documentation; 2/ minimizing modification; 3/ planning and control of change maintenance; 4/ application of structured design and programming techniques; 5/ use of application generators and fourth generation languages; 6/ giving proper tools and incentives to the maintenance personnel; 7/ treating software as a corporate asset. |
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