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Goal of Maintenance Prediction

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What is maintenance prediction primarily concerned with?

Determining which programming language a system should have been written in originally

Forecasting stock market trends related to the software industry

Predicting the exact date a system will be retired down to the calendar day

Assessing the changes that may be required in a system and identifying parts most likely to be expensive to change

Correct Answer

Assessing the changes that may be required in a system and identifying parts most likely to be expensive to change

Explanation

Maintenance prediction is concerned with assessing the changes that may be required in a software system and identifying the parts of the system likely to be the most expensive to change. This helps prioritize design effort and set realistic maintenance budgets.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 10th edition

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