The Realities of Large Software Portfolios
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Large software portfolios (and by large portfolios we mean millions of lines of code) pose a unique category of non-intuitive problems for organizations dealing with massive software modiications. These problems lay dormant, gathering disruptive capability, until projects such as the Euro conversion, or the software integration of merging companies bring them to light, often with devasting consequences. This paper will identify the problems, the diiculties they present, and touch upon some of the remedies.
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