MANTOOL: a tool for supporting the software maintenance process
Macario Polo, Mario Piattini, Francisco Ruiz
Abstract
In this paper we present MANTOOL, an automatic tool for managing the
software maintenance process according to MANTEMA, a rigorous
methodology for maintenance. After explaining briefly the MANTEMA
structure, the article explains how MANTOOL allows users to manage
modification requests following the different stages of the
methodology, showing it with some examples. The data saved in MANTOOL
can be used to extract different kinds of reports and to do estimations
of future maintenance interventions. The paper also includes some
experience reports about the construction and application of MANTEMA
and MANTOOL, and some reflections on the benefits of its use.
Journal
of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice,
13(2), 77-95. Year 2001.