Software evolution plays a key role in the overall lifecycle of a software system. In this phase, software developers extend the capabilities and functionality of the system to me...
Andrejs Jermakovics, Marco Scotto, Giancarlo Succi
We report on one organization's experience making process changes in a suite of projects. The changes were motivated by clients’ requests for better time estimates, better ...
Design patterns are recognized, named solutions to common design problems. The use of the most commonly referenced design patterns should promote adaptable and reusable program co...
James M. Bieman, Greg Straw, Huxia Wang, P. Willar...
Modified programs are required to be retested to determine whether changes have been made correctly and to investigate whether those cause any adverse effect on the program behavi...
Yoon Kyu Jang, Heung Seok Chae, Yong Rae Kwon, Doo...
Some projects are simply too big to finish on the release schedule that you want to maintain. Rally’s agile engineering team delivered a very disruptive architectural change las...