and software maintenance activities as actually done. To these ends, this paper proposes a clarifying redefinition of the … types of software evolution and software maintenance. The paper bases the proposed classification not on people's intentions …-based classification of the types of software evolution and software maintenance. …

The paper proposes a framework of various tasks involved in the software maintenance process. The work reported in this … paper disassembles the complex process of software maintenance into tasks as to aid in the allocation of resources …, acquisition of appropriate tools, and distributing responsibilities of the software maintenance process. The associated toolsets …