Why Maintenance Costs More Than New Development

The four reasons maintenance is pricier than original development, and how integrating development/maintenance roles can help

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Maintenance vs. Initial Development Cost

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True or False: Experience has shown that it is usually more expensive to add new features to a system during maintenance than to implement the same features during initial development.

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Four Reasons Maintenance Costs More

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Which of the following are among the documented reasons that adding features during maintenance tends to be more expensive than during initial development? Select all that apply.

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Lack of Incentive for Maintainable Code

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Why might a development team have little incentive to write maintainable software when maintenance is handled by a different company?

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Poor Image of Maintenance Work

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Why does maintenance work being seen as a less skilled process create additional cost and risk?

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Solving the Status Problem of Maintenance

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According to the text, what is the only long-term solution to the problem of organizations treating development and maintenance as separate, unequal activities?

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Addressing Degraded Structure Through Reengineering

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Which of the following techniques can help address the problem of degraded system structure in aging programs? Select all that apply.

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Two Reasons Businesses Resist Investing in Maintainability

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Which of the following are reasons given for why businesses are often reluctant to spend more on development to reduce future maintenance costs? Select all that apply.

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Integrating Development and Maintenance

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Which type of organization is best positioned to integrate development and maintenance so that the same team remains responsible for software throughout its lifetime?

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