Software Complexity and Software Maintenance Costs (Classic Reprint)

Rajiv D. Banker, Srikant M. Datar

ISBN 10: 1333097263 / ISBN 13: 9781333097264

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Print on Demand. This book investigates the relationship between the complexity of software and maintenance costs. The author posits that software maintenance costs can be significantly reduced by addressing correctable software complexity. Drawing upon a detailed analysis of maintenance costs at a site judged typical of traditional transaction processing environments, this book estimates that the aggregate cost of poor programming practice for the industry as a whole is likely to be substantial. This book analyzes the effects of software complexity upon the costs of COBOL maintenance projects within a large commercial bank. It has been estimated that 60-percent of all business expenditures on computing are for maintenance of software written in COBOL. Thus, the insights gained from this book will be meaningful to any business using COBOL, or similar programming languages, in their day-to-day operations. This book provides both empirical evidence of the relationship between software complexity and maintenance costs, but also actual dollar estimates of the magnitude of this impact at a typical commercial site. These quantifiable impacts can aid software maintenance managers in deciding how to allocate resources and make informed decisions regarding project management. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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• Titolo: Software Complexity and Software Maintenance Costs (Classic Reprint)
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1333097263
• ISBN 13: 9781333097264
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: print-on-demand item
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Researchers have employed many measures in attempts to operationalize the concept of software complexity. The consensus is that there is no single best metric of software complexity [5, 11, However, two main concepts have emerged, modularity and branching.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.