Most software is accompanied by frequent changes, whereas the implementation of a single
change can affect many different parts of the system. Approaches for Impact Analysis have …

Recent years have seen many significant advances in program comprehension and
software maintenance automation technology. In spite of the enormous potential savings in …

Growing maintenance costs have become a major concern for developers and users of
software systems. Changeability is an important aspect of maintainability, especially in …

Impact analysis is a specialized process of program comprehension that investigates the
nature and extent of a planned software change. Traditionally, impact analysis involves …

Requirements play a critical role in the design process and are important to the project's
success. The design process is iterative, and requirements are constantly changed and …

Software engineering is supposed to be a structured process, but manual tasks leave much
leeway. Ideally, these tasks lie in the hands of skilled analysts and software engineers. This …

Regression testing has been a popular quality-assurance technique. Most regression testing
techniques are based on code or software design. This paper proposes a scenario-based …

Impact analysis is needed for the planning and estimation of software maintenance projects.
Traditional impact analysis techniques tend to be too expensive for this phase, so there is …

Planning of requirements changes is often inaccurate and implementation of changes is
time consuming and error prone. One reason for these problems is imprecise and inefficient …

The assessment of the changeability of software systems is of major concern for buyers of
the large systems found in fast-moving domains such as telecommunications. One way of …