Factors in Reuse and Reengineering of Legacy Software

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University Of Houston
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University of Houston

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Overview: The Reengineering and reuse of large legacy software systems can be an expensive, error-prone endeavor. This paper relates experience in a collaborative research project supporting a NASA contractor team attempting just such a project. Risks both potential and realized are discussed, as well as how such collaboration can be used to drive an academic research agenda. Organizational and social factors proved to be major aspects of the eventual project outcome.

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Format: PDF | Size: 116KB | Date: Feb 2005 | Pages: 17

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