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Requirements-Based Visualization Tools for Software Maintenance and Evolution.

The article discusses the use of software visualization tools. Although an extensive body of research into software visualization exists, relatively few commercial software-maintenance packages incorporate the technology. Suspected reasons include a general lack of knowledge among programmers of vis...

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Published in:Computer (00189162) Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 106 - 109
Main Author: Buckley, Jim
Format: Article
Published: IEEE Apr2009
Subjects:
Software engineering
Engineering
Computer programming
Electronic data processing
Computer software development
Computer software developers
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses the use of software visualization tools. Although an extensive body of research into software visualization exists, relatively few commercial software-maintenance packages incorporate the technology. Suspected reasons include a general lack of knowledge among programmers of visualization tools, and interoperability issues between the tools and common development environments. In addition, the development of visualization tools seldom is subject to a requirements-acquisition regimen.