Methodology for minimizing maintenance costs

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/1500676.1500692· OSTI ID:6445646

Brice, L; Connell, J

Research conducted in the case study of a large applications system shows that the two primary causes of high maintenance costs are: the frequency of user-requested changes to software; and the psychological complexity of the software. A tool kit is suggested which, when applied to the design of new systems or rewrites, will produce systems which users are less likely to need changed, and will contribute to the reduction of psychological complexity of code, making it easier to change when necessary. The tool kit is easy to use, can be applied to large or small systems in any language on any equipment, and requires no purchase of hardware or software.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6445646
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-82-2928; CONF-830501-1; ON: DE83002064
• Resource Relation: Conference: IEEE national computer conference, Anaheim, CA, USA, 16 May 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
MAINTENANCE
COST
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MODIFICATIONS
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