Forensic software engineering
- Forensic software engineering
Forensic software engineering refers to the discipline of analyzing (and sometimes reconstructing) the functionality of software applications or services that have become defunct, are no longer accompanied by documentation (or never had any), or for which the original engineers are no longer available. Usually, forensic software engineering is performed with an interest in understanding the functionality - and sometimes intent - of software that has been abandoned by its creators, with an eye to correcting unexpected outcomes or determining whether to port, rebuild, replace, or retire a functional software instance.
Sometimes forensic software engineering is required to maintain large software installations worked on by many engineers over a long period of time, where even engineers familiar with some aspect of a system may not understand why it works the way it does.
Forensic Software Engineering is often required as a result of a corporate mergers or acquisitions, or during the migration/transition from an old datacenter to a newer one.
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