CHAPTER 6 SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE Thomas M. Pigoski Technical Software Services (TECHSOFT)‚ Inc. 31 West Garden Street‚ Suite 100 Pensacola‚ Florida 32501 USA +1 850 469 0086 tmpigoski@techsoft.com Table of Contents 1. Introduction............................................................... 1 2. Definition of the Software Maintenance Knowledge Area .......................................................................... 1 3. Breakdown of Topics for the Software Maintenance
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#2: SOFTWARE EVALUATION: AyaNova‚ Service Industry Software Mary Jo Davis‚ Chong Tao‚ Submitted: April 10‚ 2007 Table of Contents 1. Abstract 2. Summary of Software Category: Business application software‚ by definition is: a software group that does not run the computer‚ but rather provides a tool for the user to accomplish a specific type of task by using the computer’s capabilities. Application software can
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Strategies. In I. College‚ System Design & Architecture (p 3. Mall‚ R. (2000). Fundamentals of Software Engineering. In R. Mall‚ Software Life Cycle Mdels (p 4. Microsoft. (2013). Chapter 16: Quality Attributes. Retrieved from www.msdn.microsoft.com/: http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/library/ee658094.aspx 5. Pressman‚ R. s. (2001). Software Engineering. New York: Thomas Cassan. 6. Sommerville‚ L. (2012). Software Engineering. New Delhi‚ India: Dorling Kindersley.
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Q1.What are the main types of software? What are the advantages of open-source software? Describe the decision making process of acquiring application software. Q2.“In the end‚ information system is recognized only as a foundation for human judgment‚ insight and inventiveness”. Discuss. What are different types of controls and audits required for an information system? Q3.What is computerized maintenance management? Explain the conceptual model through which the maintenance function can achieve
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Computer software can be divided into two main categories: application software and system software. Application Software: Application Software includes programs that do real work for user. Example: Payroll systems‚ Inventory Control‚ Manage student database‚ Word Processor‚ Spreadsheet and Database Management System etc. Application software consists of the programs for performing tasks particular to the machine’s utilization. Examples of application software include spreadsheets‚ database systems
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Custom software (also known as bespoke software) is software that is specially developed for some specific organization or other user. As such‚ it can be contrasted with the use of software packages developed for the mass market‚ such as commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software‚ or existing free software. Custom software can be developed by an in-house software development group‚ or be commissioned from a software house or independent software developer. Since custom software is developed for
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WHAT IS A SOFTWARE A set of instructions that cause a computer to perform one or more tasks. The set of instructions is often called a program or‚ if the set is particularly large and complex‚ a system. Computers cannot do any useful work without instructions from software; thus a combination of software and hardware (the computer) is necessary to do any computerized work. A program must tell the computer each of a set of minuscule tasks to perform‚ in a framework of logic‚ such that the computer
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What Is Computer Software? When you think of a computer imagine a machine made of two parts. The first part is the computer hardware‚ the physical parts of the computer that you can actually touch. Some examples of hardware are disks‚ monitors‚ boards‚ chips‚ etc. Hardware does all of the physical work of the computer‚ from memory storage to display. The second part‚ what we call “computer software”‚ acts as the brain of the computer‚ telling the hardware what to do and when and how to do it
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Chapter 1 – Software and Software Engineering Overview Software is designed and built by software engineers. Software is used by virtually everyone in society. Software is pervasive in our commerce‚ our culture‚ and our everyday lives. Software engineers have a moral obligation to build reliable software that does no harm to other people. Software engineers view computer software‚ as being made up of the programs‚ documents‚ and data required to design and build the system. Software users are
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information system This software based on user requirements in Egypt . softwares were evaluated based on checklist and through the observation in 8 hospitals according to defined criteria. However‚ Various systems has not efficiently met user expectations in all departments; medical records (74.5%)‚ pharmacy (58.6%)‚ laboratory (74.5%)‚ nursing (23.3%)‚ radiology (51.4%) and financial (65.4%). Minimum user requirements (29%) have been met. There was no software to meet the end users expectations
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