Maintainability and reusability: The relationships
Software maintenance is the process of modifying software product either for correction, enhancement, or adaptation. Software reuse is a process of adapting software system or part of it in other software product. However, maintenance process required understandable and modifiable software to be per...
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| author | AL-Badareen, Anas Bassam Selamat, Mohd Hasan Din, Jamilah A. Jabar, Marzanah Turaev, Sherzod |
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| description | Software maintenance is the process of modifying software product either for correction, enhancement, or adaptation. Software reuse is a process of adapting software system or part of it in other software product. However, maintenance process required understandable and modifiable software to be performed efficiently, whereas the reusability required software able to be used for different systems and platforms. The reusable software is classified in two main types, Black box and white box. The black box reuse considers the using of software product without any modification. The white box reuse modifies the existing software product/asset in order to be used in the new system. The models of software quality evaluate these characteristics from different perspectives, and mixed up between these definitions is occurred. This paper discusses the difference between software maintenance and software reuse from the perspective of software process and quality. Consequently, the reusability is different from maintainability, although they share common characteristics. Moreover, the reusability of the software product is different based on the type of the software whether it’s a component based or open source software. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:331262013-12-09T07:10:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/33126/ Maintainability and reusability: The relationships AL-Badareen, Anas Bassam Selamat, Mohd Hasan Din, Jamilah A. Jabar, Marzanah Turaev, Sherzod QA Mathematics QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Software maintenance is the process of modifying software product either for correction, enhancement, or adaptation. Software reuse is a process of adapting software system or part of it in other software product. However, maintenance process required understandable and modifiable software to be performed efficiently, whereas the reusability required software able to be used for different systems and platforms. The reusable software is classified in two main types, Black box and white box. The black box reuse considers the using of software product without any modification. The white box reuse modifies the existing software product/asset in order to be used in the new system. The models of software quality evaluate these characteristics from different perspectives, and mixed up between these definitions is occurred. This paper discusses the difference between software maintenance and software reuse from the perspective of software process and quality. Consequently, the reusability is different from maintainability, although they share common characteristics. Moreover, the reusability of the software product is different based on the type of the software whether it’s a component based or open source software. 2012 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33126/1/AllPapers-1.pdf AL-Badareen, Anas Bassam and Selamat, Mohd Hasan and Din, Jamilah and A. Jabar, Marzanah and Turaev, Sherzod (2012) Maintainability and reusability: The relationships. In: Workshop on Advanced Information Technology (WIT - A2012), 25 – 26 June 2012, Sydney, Australia. |
| spellingShingle | QA Mathematics QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science AL-Badareen, Anas Bassam Selamat, Mohd Hasan Din, Jamilah A. Jabar, Marzanah Turaev, Sherzod Maintainability and reusability: The relationships |
| title | Maintainability and reusability: The relationships |
| title_full | Maintainability and reusability: The relationships |
| title_fullStr | Maintainability and reusability: The relationships |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maintainability and reusability: The relationships |
| title_short | Maintainability and reusability: The relationships |
| title_sort | maintainability and reusability the relationships |
| topic | QA Mathematics QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/33126/1/AllPapers-1.pdf |
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