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management of large software projects
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Lehman, M.M., "Programs, life cycles, and laws of software evolution", Proceedings of the IEEE, 68, 9, pp. 1060-1076, September 1980. Google
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Lehman, M.M. and Belady, L.A. (eds.), Program Evolution. Processes of Software Change, London: Academic Press, 1985, p. 393-450.
1068 ;;Quote: law of continuing change: if a program must reflect some other reality
1068+;;Quote: change or keep a program until it is cheaper to rewrite it
1068 ;;Quote: law of increasing complexity of an evolving program due to deteriorating structure; must be actively corrected
1068 ;;Quote: law of conservation of organizational stability: the size of a programming project will remain statistically invariant
1068 ;;Quote: law of conservation of familiarity: the size of each release of an evolving program will be statistically invariant
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