Software Maintenance: The Problems and Its Solutions

Abstract: The 'Iceberg' book -- system development is just the tip of the iceberg -- the maintenance costs are hidden below the surface, and constitute the bulk of the total cost of ownership of the system.

Keywords: book review, software, maintenance.

CONTENTS

Preface

Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1: The Maintenance Mess

Chapter 2: State of the Art of Software Maintenance

Part II: Designing for Maintenance

Chapter 3: Measures of Program Maintainability

Chapter 4: Methods for Building in Maintainability

Chapter 5: The Significance of Data Base

Chapter 6: Normalization of Data

Chapter 7: Creating Stable Data Structures

Chapter 8: Documentation

Chapter 9: Source Code Style

Part III: The Methodology Revolution

Chapter 10: Making the Mice Go Away

Chapter 11: Use of Fourth-Generation Languages

Chapter 12: User-Driven Computing

Chapter 13: Prototyping

Chapter 14: Information Engineering

Part IV: Packages

Chapter 15: Preprogrammed Application Packages

Chapter 16: Contracting for Maintainable Software

Part V: Performing the Maintenance Function

Chapter 17: Performing Program Maintenance

Chapter 18: Debugging

Chapter 19: Tools for Maintenance

Chapter 20: Managing the Maintenance Function

Chapter 21: Maintenance Teams

Part VI: Viewing the Future

Chapter 22: Planning for Future Maintenance

Chapter 23: Strategic Planning and Migration

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DATA

Author:        Martin, James, 1933-
Title:         Software maintenance : the problem and its
                  solutions / James Martin, Carma McClure.
Published:     Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1983.
Description:   viii, 472 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
LC Call No.:   QA76.9.S65M37 1983
Dewey No.:     001.64/2 19
ISBN:          0138223610
Notes:         Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects:      Software maintenance.
Other authors: McClure, Carma L.
Control No.:   82025180 

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