Software maintenance and evolution

TLDR

New management approaches to software evolution aim to clarify the relationship between technology and business. The study aims to design software that can be easily evolved by developing more effective tools and methods for program comprehension and a formalism for maintainability measurement. The authors propose a service‑based model of software to replace the product view, along with improved tools for program comprehension and a formalism for measuring maintainability. The abstract claims the proposed approach is better.

Abstract

The production of new management approaches to evolution, leading to understanding of the relationships between technology and business. How can software be designed so that it can easily be evolved? More effective tools and methods for program comprehension for both code and data A better formalism and conceptualisation of 'maintainability'; how do we measure it? The development of a service-based model of software, to replace a product view. better