Abstract. Developing and maintaining software systems is a knowledge intensive task. One needs knowledge of the application domain of the software, the problem the system solves, t...
As the age of software systems increases they tend to deviate from their actual design and architecture. It becomes more and more difficult to manage and maintain such systems. We...
M. Saeed, Onaiza Maqbool, Haroon A. Babri, Syed Za...
Software systems need to evolve as business requirements, technology and environment change. As software is modified to accommodate the required changes, its structure deteriorate...
Software effort estimation techniques abound, each with its own set of advantages and disadvantages, and no one proves to be the single best answer. Combining estimating is an app...
The identification and management of work dependencies is a fundamental challenge in software development organizations. This paper argues that modularization, the traditional tec...
Marcelo Cataldo, James D. Herbsleb, Kathleen M. Ca...