TY - GEN
T1 - Customization change impact analysis for ERP professionals via program slicing
AU - Dor, Nurit
AU - Lev-Ami, Tal
AU - Litvak, Shay
AU - Sagiv, Mooly
AU - Weiss, Dror
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - We describe a new tool that automatically identifies impact of customization changes, i.e., how changes affect software behavior. As opposed to existing static analysis tools that aim at aiding programmers or improve performance, our tool is designed for end-users without prior knowledge in programming. We utilize state-of-the-art static analysis algorithms for the programs within an Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP). Key challenges in analyzing real world ERP programs are their significant size and the interdependency between programs. In particular, we describe and compare three customization change impact analyses for real-world programs, and a balancing algorithm built upon the three independent analyses. This paper presents Panaya Impact Analysis (Panaya IA), a web on-demand tool, providing ERP professionals a clear view of the impact of a customization change on the system. In addition we report empirical results of Panaya IA when used by end-users on an ERP system of tens of millions LOCs.
AB - We describe a new tool that automatically identifies impact of customization changes, i.e., how changes affect software behavior. As opposed to existing static analysis tools that aim at aiding programmers or improve performance, our tool is designed for end-users without prior knowledge in programming. We utilize state-of-the-art static analysis algorithms for the programs within an Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP). Key challenges in analyzing real world ERP programs are their significant size and the interdependency between programs. In particular, we describe and compare three customization change impact analyses for real-world programs, and a balancing algorithm built upon the three independent analyses. This paper presents Panaya Impact Analysis (Panaya IA), a web on-demand tool, providing ERP professionals a clear view of the impact of a customization change on the system. In addition we report empirical results of Panaya IA when used by end-users on an ERP system of tens of millions LOCs.
KW - Customization change impact analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=57449111467&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/1390630.1390644
DO - 10.1145/1390630.1390644
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AN - SCOPUS:57449111467
SN - 9781605580500
T3 - ISSTA'08: Proceedings of the 2008 International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis 2008
SP - 97
EP - 107
BT - ISSTA'08
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 2008 International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis, ISSTA 2008
Y2 - 20 July 2008 through 24 July 2008
ER -