DocumentCode
2458633
Title
Program understanding during software adaptation tasks
Author
Von Mayrhauser, Anneliese ; Vans, A. Marie
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
fYear
1998
fDate
16-20 Nov 1998
Firstpage
316
Lastpage
325
Abstract
This paper reports on a software understanding study during adaptation of large-scale software by software maintenance professionals. The paper explains the general understanding process, the information needs of these software engineers during their tasks, and the tool capabilities that would help them to be more productive. We also contrast programmer behavior during adaptation with that during other maintenance activities like corrective maintenance and enhancement
Keywords
reverse engineering; software maintenance; corrective maintenance; large-scale software; program understanding; software adaptation tasks; software maintenance; Application software; Computer industry; Computer science; Databases; Documentation; Large-scale systems; Operating systems; Programming profession; Software systems; Software tools;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Maintenance, 1998. Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location
Bethesda, MD
ISSN
1063-6773
Print_ISBN
0-8186-8779-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSM.1998.738523
Filename
738523
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