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Knowledge base creation

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Documentation and Knowledge Base

A software knowledge base is a repository or library of information about a software product. Use...

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Guidelines for documentation of support and maintenance

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Documentation and Knowledge Base

Software documentation is any documentation produced to describe various aspects about a particul...

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Compliance requirements related to security.

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Security Considerations

Security refers to the systems and controls that a company implements to protect its assets, and ...

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Best practices for ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of software and its data

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Security Considerations

Software and data integrity failures frequently occur when the code implementation and the underl...

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Guidelines for handling security vulnerabilities and patches

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Security Considerations

Vulnerability management refers to the process of discovering, identifying, cataloging, remediati...

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Importance of security in software support, maintenance, and updates

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Security Considerations

Software security is critical because a malware attack can cause extreme damage to any piece of s...

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Backup and rollback procedures in case of update failures

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Upgrades and Updates

System failures and errors can happen at any stage of a system implementation, from development t...

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Risk assessment and impact analysis for updates

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Upgrades and Updates

Risk is the future uncertainty between potential events and the potential for loss. Classic softw...

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Software updates deployment and release procedures

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Upgrades and Updates

Deployment is a shift of software from one controlled environment to another. On the other hand, ...

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Sources for software updates

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Upgrades and Updates

A software update is a change or fix to a program that replaces the older version. There may just...

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Avoiding malicious software updates

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Upgrades and Updates

Government software maintenance teams and users should also be informed to be  aware of fake upda...

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Importance of software updates

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Upgrades and Updates

Software needs to be regularly updated for various reasons including responding to new technology...

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Testing and quality assurance procedures for software updates

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Maintenance

Testing and quality assurance procedures refer to the processes that should be followed to ensure...

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Software change management process

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Maintenance

Software change management is the process of managing any modifications to software while minimiz...

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Types of software maintenance

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Maintenance

There are four types of software maintenance: Corrective Software Maintenance Adaptive Softwa...

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Overview of software maintenance activities

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Maintenance

Software maintenance is a widely accepted part of the Software Development Life Cycle. It refers ...

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Approach for troubleshooting and resolving software-related problems.

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Support

Resolution of software related problems typically follows the following steps: Identify and re...

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Communication and response time expectations

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Support

The response time is simply the amount of time it takes for the support staff to respond to an is...

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Procedures for issue prioritization and escalation

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Support

Issue prioritisation Once issues are received from users and recorded as tickets, they should be...

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Channels for user support

Software Support and Maintenance Guidel... Software Support

The support process is initiated by users reporting issues or faults found in software systems or...

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