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Start here: Application maintenance and evolution

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Start here: Application maintenance and evolution

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Read the article and answer the questions to create a summary of key ideas found in the theoretical foundations for the topic. Use the comments bubble with the questions to respond.

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Take a look at the definitions of software maintenance given in the article? Which is your preferred definition? Why? Propose a definition of software maintenance using your own words.

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1B. Explain: What is the core belief behind Lehman's laws of software evolution? (as explained in the  software maintenance article)

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1B. Explain: What is the core belief behind Lehman's laws of software evolution? (as explained in the  software maintenance article)

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Extend: What are the other of Lehman's Laws? Which do you find most compelling? Why?

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Extend: What are the other of Lehman's Laws? Which do you find most compelling? Why?

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The "Software Maintenance" article refers to the IEEE SWEBOK categories of software maintenance. Refer to the IEEE SEBOK manual chapter 7 section 1.6 attached to this post- in your own words what are the 6 categories of software maintenance. Give an example of each.

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Lehman refers to E_type software in the article. What is an E type software? What are the other types? Lehman defines them in the original article attached here (second page, but you may wish to do a web search instead since the original article is quite wordy). In our context, our use of the term application systems would be which type?

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In chapter 7, page 7_5 the key issues in software maintenance are listed. Briefly summarise what they are.

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In chapter 7 section 3, the process of software maintenance is discussed. What are the key elements of the process (summarise briefly)