Modularization of a Large-Scale Business Application: A Case Study

• Published in: IEEE software Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 28 - 35
• Main Authors: Sarkar, S., Ramachandran, S., Kumar, G.S., Iyengar, M.K., Rangarajan, K., Sivagnanam, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Alamitos IEEE 01.03.2009; IEEE Computer Society
• Subjects: Application software; Banking; Business; Case studies; Communication industry; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Computer programming; Computer programs; coupling; Debugging; Deterioration; Evolution; interfaces; Large-scale systems; Libraries; maintenance; measurements; metrics; Modularity; Modularization; Software; Software quality; Software systems; Studies; Systems management; Task forces; Transportation

In industries such as banking, retail, transportation, and telecommunications, large software systems support numerous work processes and develop over many years. Throughout their evolution, such systems are subject to repeated debugging and feature enhancements. Consequently, they gradually deviate...