Re-engineering

Question 1

What is re-engineering?

Answer 1

It is re-development and re-implementation of existing software to make it more maintainable.

Question 2

What are re-engineering activities|?

Answer 2

1. re-documentation
2. re-factoring
3. re-architecting
4. re-structuring
5. re-implementation (inc. translation to modern language)
6. re-designing data structures (databases, etc)

Question 3

What is reverse engineering?

Answer 3

Analysis of existing documentation, source and exec code to improve understanding of software structure and functionality.

Question 4

Types of code analysis tools useful for reverse engineering mentioned in the examiner’s report

Answer 4

1. Program slicing tools
2. Dependency analysis tools
3. Dependency visualization tools