1. Managing Technical Change in Legacy Systems.
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Bollinger, Terry
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COMPUTER software , *ELECTRONIC systems , *RAPID prototyping , *COMPUTER systems , *NEW product development , *TECHNOLOGICAL innovations , *PRODUCT management , *COMPUTER industry , *HIGH technology industries - Abstract
Change happens, especially in software. This paper frames the problem of dealing with change in terms of moving software assets to technologically "higher ground" when faced with a rising flood of new products and technologies. The author introduces methods he has developed for estimating the value of software assets, understanding risks, breaking down aging software, rebuilding systems to make them more maintainable, and using shadow processes to reduce risk when introducing new or updated systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2001
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