data types Sorting and searching parallel and distributed algorithms 3. [AR] Computer Architecture

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Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge

This paper summarizes the current state of the art and recent trends in software engineering economics. It provides an overview of economic analysis techniques and their applicability to software engineering and management. It surveys the field of software cost estimation, including the major estimation techniques available, the state of the art in algorithmic cost models, and the outstanding research issues in software cost estimation.

Software engineering economics

SUMMARY We address the assessment and improvement of the software maintenance function by proposing improvements to the software maintenance standards and introducing a proposed maturity model for daily software maintenance activities: Software Maintenance Maturity Model (SM mm ). The software maintenance function suffers from a scarcity of management models to facilitate its evaluation, management, and continuous improvement. The SM mm addresses the unique activities of software maintenance while preserving a structure similar to that of the CMMi ©4 maturity model. It is designed to be used as a complement to this model. The SM mm is based on practitioners’ experience, international standards, and the seminal literature on software maintenance. We present the model’s purpose, scope, foundation, and architecture, followed by its initial validation. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Software maintenance maturity model (SMmm): the software maintenance process model

Software evolution: code delta and code churn

Software maintenance is central to the mission of many organizations. Thus, it is natural for managers to characterize and measure those aspects of products and processes that seem to affect the cost, schedule, quality and functionality of software maintenance delivery. This paper answers basic questions about software maintenance for a single organization and discusses some of the decisions made based on the answers. Attributes of both the software maintenance process and the resulting product were measured to direct management and engineering attention toward improvement areas, track the improvement over time, and help make choices among alternatives.

Louise C. Kern

Papers

A software metric set for program maintenance management