Software Maintenance: The Need for Standardization

Abstract

Procedures are proposed to assist the Navy Management Systems Support Office in performing software maintenance. Hardware and software maintenance are contrasted. The key difference between the two -- the ease which software can be changed -- leads to the need for managing software change. Standardization of software is proposed as the method for managing software change. A model of software maintenance is advanced as the function for standardizing software maintenance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 12, 1989
Accession Number
ADA205229

Entities

People

  • Norman F. Schneidewind

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Application Software
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Language
  • Local Area Networks
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Management
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Networks
  • Programming Languages
  • Rings
  • Software Development
  • Standardization

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.