Modularization of a large-scale business application: A case study

IEEE Software

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 28-35

  Sarkar, Santonu ^a   Ramachandran, Shubha ^b   Kumar, G Sathish ^b   Iyengar, Madhu K ^b   Rangarajan, K ^b   Sivagnanam, Saravanan ^b  

^a ACCENTURE   (United States)

^b INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LTD   (India)

Author keywords

Coupling; Interfaces; Maintenance; Measurements; Metrics; Modularization

Indexed keywords

MAINTENANCE;

FEATURE ENHANCEMENTS; INTERFACES; LARGE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; LARGE-SCALE BUSINESS; METRICS; MODULARIZATION;

MODULAR CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 63049119817     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2009.42     Document Type: Article

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