Here are some strategies and tactics that companies can use to execute software maintenance while also freeing up time for new software development.

According to a poll of software developers conducted by an Open-source support and maintenance organization, developers spent less than a third of their time (32%) generating new code. Developers reported that software maintenance took up 35% of their time in the same survey.

In any instance, the time spent on software maintenance prohibits businesses from developing new ideas and completing tasks. At the same time, you must maintain the software that you have written or inherited.

“A part of the Software Development Life Cycle” is how software maintenance is characterized. Its primary goal is to alter and update software applications after they have been delivered to fix bugs and improve performance. Software is a simulation of reality. When the real world changes, the software must be updated as much as possible.”

Steps can organizations take to perform software maintenance

·        Listen to your help desk

·        Engage QA

·        Consider a move to the cloud

·        Shut the applications that aren’t returning value

·        Always regression analysis

·        Use a standardized procedure for the establishment of new software releases

·        Optimize your software maintenance team