Brownfield (software development)

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Brownfield development is a term commonly used in the information technology industry to describe problem spaces needing the development and deployment of new software systems in the immediate presence of existing (legacy) software applications/systems. The term was introduced in 2008 by Hopkins and Jenkins. This implies that any new software architecture must take into account and coexist with live software already in situ. In contemporary civil engineering, brownfield land means a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Brownfield development adds a number of improvements to conventional software engineering practices. These traditionally assume a "clean sheet of paper", tabula rasa or "greenfield land" target environment throughout the design and implementation phases of software development. Brownfield extends such traditions by insisting that the context...

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