LIFT - A Legacy InFormation Retrieval Tool

Software maintenance tasks are the most expensive activities on legacy systems life cycle, and system understanding is the most important factor of this cost. Thus, in order to aid legacy knowledge retrieval and reuse, this paper presents LIFT: a Legacy InFormation retrieval Tool, discussing since its initial requirements until its preliminary experience in industrial projects.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: JUCS
• Authors: Kellyton dos Santos Brito, Vinicius Cardoso Garcia, Eduardo Santana de Almeida, Silvio Romero de Lemos Meira
• Keywords: JUCS 2008, Legacy InFormation Retrieval, Legacy Knowledge Retrieval, Legacy Systems Life