OOMMT. (c2000)

Abstract

OOMMT (Object Oriented Maintenance Management Tool) is a CASE tool that provides guidelines and procedures for carrying out a variety of activities performed during the maintenance process. This tool keeps track of change requests and reported problems specifically for object oriented systems. It helps the maintainer in controlling and managing the maintenance process through out its different stages. This tool is based on a 5 stages model that begins with the change request stage, passes through the change evaluation, maintenance specification, and maintenance design stages till it ends with the system release stage. At the end of each stage a form is generated. The model design corresponds to the traditional waterfall life-cycle model of software development. The tool's implementation is done in Visual Basic 5.0 as a front-end interface while all data are stored in Access 97 as a back-end database. Additionally a set of queries and reports brings ease and simplicity to the tool.