Software Evolution and Feedback

Theory and Practice

Nazim H. Madhavji, Juan Fernandez-Ramil, Dewayne E. Perry

612 pages, parution le 07/04/2006

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Résumé

Evolution of software has long been recognized as one of the most problematic and challenging areas in the field of software engineering, as evidenced by the high, often up to 60-80%, life-cycle costs attributed to this activity over the life of a software system. Studies of software evolution are central to the understanding and practice of software development. Yet it has received relatively little attention in the field of software engineering. This book focuses on topics aimed at giving a scientific insight into the aspect of software evolution and feedback.

In summary, the book covers conceptual, phenomenological, empirical, technological and theoretical aspects of the field of software evolution - with contributions from the leading experts.

This book delivers an up-to-date scientific understanding of what software evolution is, to show why it is inevitable for real world applications, and it demonstrates the role of feedback in software development and maintenance. The book also addresses some of the phenomenological and technological underpinnings and includes rules and guidelines for increased software evolvability and, in general, sustainability of the evolution process.

Software Evolution and Feedback provides a long overdue, scientific focus on software evolution and the role of feedback in the software process, making this the indispensable guide for all software practitioners, researchers and managers in the software industry.

Sommaire

List of Contributors
Software Evolution
A Nontraditional View of the Dimensions of Software Evolution
IT Legacy Systems: Enabling Environments That Reduce the Legacy Problem:
A Complexity Perspective
Facets of Software Evolution
Evolution in Software Systems: Foundations of the SPE Classification Scheme
A Simple Model of Software System Evolutionary Growth
Statistical Modelling of Software Evolution Processes
A Case Study of Software Requirements Changes Due to External Factors
Understanding Open-Source Software Evolution
Structural Analysis of Open Source Systems
A Study of Software Evolution at Different Levels of Granularity
The Role of Ripple Effect in Software Evolution
The Impact of Software-Architecture Compliance on System Evolution
Comparison of Three Evaluation Methods for Object-Oriented Framework Evolution
Formal Perspectives on Software Evolution: from Refinement to Retrenchment
Background and Approach to Development of a Theory of Software Evolution
Difficulties with Feedback Control in Software Processes
Policy-Guided Software Evolution
Feedback in Requirements Discovery and Specification: a Quality Gateway for Testing Requirements
Requirements Risk and Software Reliability
Combining Process Feedback with Discrete Event Simulation Models to Support Software Project Management
A Feedforward Capability to Improve Software Reestimation
Modelling the Feedback Part of the Software Process in Software Resource Estimation
Value-Based Feedback in Software and Information Systems Development
Expert Estimation of Software Development Cost: Learning through Feedback
Self-Adaptive Software: Internalized Feedback
Rules and Tools for Software Evolution Planning and Management
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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Nazim H. Madhavji, Juan Fernandez-Ramil, Dewayne E. Perry
Parution	07/04/2006
Nb. de pages	612
Format	17 x 25
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1318g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780470871805
ISBN13	978-0-470-87180-5