Assignment 3

Objective:

To understand the importance of software maintenance and why it is vital to the success of businesses

Task:

Each student is expected to choose a relevant, current trend topic related to Maintenance from a relevant

web source (Gartner, Fortune Technology, Medium.com, etc.) or books and relevant academic journals

can be considered as the source. Also you are expected to find information relevant to the chosen topic

from two other sources.

Write a short report (not more than 2 pages) describing the chosen topic mentioning the relevant sources

from which the information is summarized.

The report is expected to follow the format as given below.

 The report should contain four sections.

o First Section (Preamble) – A brief introduction to the identified topic and the importance

of the specific topic in the Software Industry.

o Second Section (Project author View) – A complete discussion and analysis of the

information stated by the author of the topic in your Preliminary Source.

o Third Section (Potential generalized View) – You are expected to refer the other two

decided sources and bring out the argument either supporting or contrasting the

information from preliminary source.

o Fourth Section (Position Your Viewpoint) – Having gained an understanding with respect

to the topic, this sections expects you to pen down key points about the topic from your

perspective on the impacts of the topic in the software industry.

 Each section expects to have minimum 90 words.

 Title each of your section accordingly.

 The points included in the report are expected to be technical and relevant to the chosen topic.

Also, the links / names of the source are expected to be acknowledged in the appropriate sections.

Note:

– The students are requested to choose a topic and enter the topic in the shared excel.

– There happens to be abundance of topics in both the domains, hence each student is expected

to choose a unique topic. So, make sure you check everyone’s topic before entering yours in the

shared excel.

– If more than two students have the same topic, all of them who chose the topic will have to

submit a new assignment.