[Moose-dev] Re: costs in software engineering

HTH Michele --- @book{Zelk1979a, Annote = {Maintenance costs / total software costs: 67%.}, Author = {Marvin Zelkowitz and Alan Shaw and John Gannon}, Date-Added = {2009-01-30 21:02:59 +0100}, Date-Modified = {2010-06-20 13:58:19 +0200}, Keywords = {maintenance cost}, Publisher = {Prentice Hall}, Title = {Principles of Software Engineering and Design}, Year = {1979}} @article{Lien1981a, Annote = {Staff time spent on maintenance >50%}, Author = {Bennet P. Lientz and E. Burton Swanson}, Date-Added = {2010-06-20 13:52:21 +0200}, Date-Modified = {2010-06-20 13:54:23 +0200}, Journal = {Communications of the ACM}, Keywords = {maintenance cost}, Number = {11}, Pages = {763--769}, Publisher = {ACM Press}, Title = {Problems in Application Software Maintenance}, Volume = {24}, Year = {1981}} @inproceedings{McKe1984a, Annote = {Effort spent on software maintenance / total available software engineering effort: 65--75%.}, Author = {James R. McKee}, Booktitle = {AFIPS '84: Proceedings of the July 9-12, 1984, National Computer Conference and Exposition}, Date-Added = {2010-06-20 13:56:02 +0200}, Date-Modified = {2010-06-20 13:57:46 +0200}, Keywords = {maintenance cost}, Pages = {187--193}, Publisher = {ACM Press}, Title = {Maintenance as a Function of Design}, Year = {1984}} @article{Erli2000a, Author = {Len Erlikh}, Date-Added = {2008-03-29 17:25:54 +0100}, Date-Modified = {2010-06-20 13:52:14 +0200}, Journal = {IT Professional}, Keywords = {maintenance cost}, Number = {3}, Pages = {17--23}, Title = {Leveraging legacy system dollars for e-business}, Volume = {2}, Year = {2000}} @article{Corb1989a, Author = {Corbi, T. A.}, Date-Added = {2010-02-04 16:55:04 +0100}, Date-Modified = {2010-02-04 16:57:29 +0100}, Journal = {IBM Systems Journal}, Number = {2}, Pages = {294--306}, Publisher = {IBM Corporation}, Title = {Program understanding: challenge for the 1990's}, Volume = {28}, Year = {1989}} On 2010-10-14, at 10:00 PM, Tudor Girba wrote: