00000cab a22000003a 4500 UP-99796217608835296 Buklod 20231007234839.0 m |o d | ta 090518s xx d | ||r ||||| || DENGII eng Hordijk, Wiebe Surveying the factors that influence maintainability research design. pp. 33 We want to explore and analyse design decisions that influence maintainability of software. Software maintainability is important because the effort expended on changes and fixes in software is a major cost driver. We take an empirical, qualitative approach, by investigating cases where a change has cost more or less than comparable changes, and analysing the causes for those differences. We will use this analysis of causes as input to following research in which the individual contributions of a selection of those causes will be quantitatively analysed. Software. Software engineering. Software architectures. Distribution, maintenance and enhancement. Restructuring, reverse engineering and reengineering. Metrics. Product metrics. Management. Time estimation. Productivity. Design. Measurement. Case study. Software design. Software maintainability. Software engineering notes. 30, 5 (2005). FO Article