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2023 , Volume 28, ¹ 1, p.92-103

Stojanov Z.

Maintainability of data-driven software systems: review and experiences

Software maintenance as the most demanding and the most expensive phase in software life cycle should be considered and planned from the early stages of software development. Maintainability is an essential property of software systems which relates to easy and efficient modification of software system during its use. Therefore, maintainability should be considered during software design. This article presents the author’s experience related to improving maintainability of data-driven software systems by integrating software change request service into software. The service is available in visual forms and assists users in specifying software change requests. In addition, the service creates an initial impact set, which contains software elements affected by the proposed software change request. Design, implementation and evaluation of the service are presented, followed by the discussion of identified advantages and disadvantages

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Keywords: maintainability, software maintenance, software development, data-driven architecture, software architecture, software change request

doi: 10.25743/ICT.2023.28.1.010

Author(s):
Stojanov Zeljko
PhD. , Professor
Office: University of Novi Sad
Address: 23000, Serbia, Zrenjanin, Djure Djakovica
Phone Office: (381) 62 8019713
E-mail: zeljko.stojanov@uns.ac.rs

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Stojanov Z. Maintainability of data-driven software systems: review and experiences // Computational technologies. 2023. V. 28. ¹ 1. P. 92-103
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