This is computer software using a Web browser as the interface to support organizational functions or processes. The system is the integration of computer hardware, software, databases, networks, procedures, and people to collect, process, store, and distribute information for specific business purposes.
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Web Application Classification: A Maintenance/Evolution Perspective
Hsiang-Jui Kung (Georgia Southern University, USA) and Hui-Lien Tung (Paine College, USA)
Copyright: © 2008
|Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-857-4.ch048
Abstract
Many companies use the Web to communicate with the external world as well as within their organizations and to carry out their business processes more effectively. A survey on Web application development shows that 84% of development projects do not meet business needs, 56% do not have the required functionality, 79% are behind schedule, and 63% are over budget (Standish Group, 2002). García-Cabrera, Rodríguez-Fórtiz, and Parets-Llorca (2002) report that the development of a Web application is never finished, and the nature of Web applications is evolutionary. The architecture of Web applications has three layers: conceptual, presentation, and navigation. It also has two perspectives: designer and viewer. Software evolution is “the dynamic behavior of programming systems as they are maintained and enhanced over their life times” (Belady & Lehman, 1976). Web application evolution is of increasing importance as more Web systems are in production.