In this paper we present the results of two measurement programs, that were aimed at investigating possible cost drivers for software maintenance. The two measurement programs wer...
The needs of software maintenance and the importance of maintenance project management increase rapidly in the military avionics industry. Although few previous studies related to...
Despite the critical role of software modifiability, it has no universally accepted measurement model. Measuring modifiability in terms of maintenance effort is problematic becaus...
Abstract Data mining algorithms have been recently applied to software repositories to help on the maintenance of evolving software systems. In the past, information about what cla...
Lile Hattori, Gilson Pereira dos Santos Jr., Ferna...
Although software managers are generally good at new project estimation, their experience of scheduling rework tends to be poor. Inconsistent or incorrect effort estimation can in...