Contrastive review of software application modifications

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors configured to initiate operations including:
• retrieving an amelioration score for a computer software application, wherein the amelioration score is based on a predetermined set of operational attributes associated with functionalities of the computer software application;
• identifying which of the functionalities are affected by a modification of the computer software application;
• determining changes to operational attributes associated with the functionalities affected by the modification;
• generating a revised amelioration score by recomputing the amelioration score based on the changes to operational attributes of the functionalities affected;
• determining an impact of the modification based on a comparison of the amelioration score and the revised amelioration score;
• and
• outputting a modification report based on the impact.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to initiate operations including:
• retrieving an amelioration score for a computer software application, wherein the amelioration score is based on a predetermined set of operational attributes associated with functionalities of the computer software application;
• identifying which of the functionalities are affected by a modification of the computer software application;
• determining changes to operational attributes associated with the functionalities affected by the modification;
• generating a revised amelioration score by recomputing the amelioration score based on the changes to operational attributes of the functionalities affected;
• determining an impact of the modification based on a comparison of the amelioration score and the revised amelioration score;
• and
• outputting a modification report based on the impact.