Software Engineering Practices: Their Impact on the Design of a Program Maintenance Manual.

Abstract

The cost of software is fast becoming a major slice of DOD's automated data processing budget. Most of this cost is directly related to the maintenance of existing software. A primary cause is poor or non-existent documentation which leads to high costs when it comes time to change the software to correct errors, add enhancements, or to comply with changes in Federal regulations/DOD policies. This thesis looks at the various software engineering techniques available to programmers and managers for the development of software documentation. A set of guidelines for an ideal program maintenance manual is proposed. These guidelines are based on current DOD standards, examples of software maintenance manuals from industry, and applications of current software engineering practices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA126619

Entities

People

  • James Howard Teuscher

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Budgets
  • Coding
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • High Level Languages
  • Maintenance
  • Programming Languages
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Structured Programming
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design