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Coping with legacy factors

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Implementers of engineering data base management systems inherit a legacy of existing software and data that must be integrated into the new system with minimum disruption of ongoing activities. Some critical issues addressed here include changes in software engineering practices, impact on user training and procedures, and problems connected with traditional or parochial interests. The material covered describes some experiences in coping with these “legacy factors” during the recent McDonnell Aircraft Company (MCAIR) integrated data base implementation.

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  1. Dept. 359, McDonnell Aircraft Company, Bldg. 271C, Lev. 1, MS 291, P.O. Box 516, 63166, St. Louis, MO, USA

    D. L. Bundy & J. A. Weiss

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Bundy, D.L., Weiss, J.A. Coping with legacy factors. Engineering with Computers 4, 11–17 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01201468

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