Multiple choice technology architecture

What is the difference between Maintainability and Manageability in Software Engineering?

  1. Manageability is the ability to correct flaws in the system whereas maintainability is the ability to ensure the continued health of the system.

  2. Maintainability is the ability to correct flaws in the system whereas manageability is the ability to ensure the continued health of the system.

  3. Maintainability deals with ensuring that the system is always reliable and accessible whereas manageability deals with the ability to add functionality to the system.

  4. They are both the same.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Maintainability refers to the ease with which a system can be modified to correct faults, improve performance, or adapt to a changed environment. Manageability is broader - it's about runtime monitoring, control, and ensuring system health through configuration, logging, metrics, and operational oversight. Option B correctly captures this distinction.

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