| Printed in the United States of America, 2003 ©2003 Society for Design and Process Science Software Evolution – Background, Theory, Practice (2008) | |||||||||||||||||
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| This paper presents a brief summary of a 35 years study of the software process and the software evolution phenomenon. It draws attention, inter alia, to the SPE program classification, a principle of software uncertainty and laws of software evolution. Recent studies have led to refinement of earlier conclusions and provided a basis for formation of a theory of software evolution. Management rules and guidelines derived during the empirical FEAST studies, which are candidate theorems in the proposed theory, are briefly outlined to demonstrate that the topic has practical as well as theoretical significance. Rather than in depth discussion, this paper provides an introductory overview intended to encourage wider study, research and development | |||||||||||||||||
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