A case study of defect introduction mechanisms

Arbi Ghazarian

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02144-2_16

A case study of defect introduction mechanisms

Arbi Ghazarian

Computing and Augmented Intelligence, School of (IAFSE-SCAI)

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Abstract

It is well known that software production organizations spend a sizeable amount of their project budget to rectify the defects introduced into the software systems during the development process. An in depth understanding of the mechanisms that give rise to defects is an essential step towards the reduction of defects in software systems. In line with this objective, we conducted a case study of defect introduction mechanisms on three major components of an industrial enterprise resource planning software system, and observed that external factors including incomplete requirements specifications, adopting new, unfamiliar technologies, lack of requirements traceability, and the lack of proactive and explicit definition and enforcement of user interface consistency rules account for 59% of the defects. These findings suggest areas where effort should be directed.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Advanced Information Systems Engineering - 21st International Conference, CAiSE 2009, Proceedings
Pages	156-170
Number of pages	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02144-2_16
State	Published - 2009
Event	21st International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2009 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: Jun 8 2009 → Jun 12 2009

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	5565 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	21st International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2009
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	6/8/09 → 6/12/09

Keywords

Case Study
Defect Root Cause Analysis
Defects Sources

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Ghazarian, A. (2009). A case study of defect introduction mechanisms. In Advanced Information Systems Engineering - 21st International Conference, CAiSE 2009, Proceedings (pp. 156-170). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5565 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02144-2_16

A case study of defect introduction mechanisms. / Ghazarian, Arbi.
Advanced Information Systems Engineering - 21st International Conference, CAiSE 2009, Proceedings. 2009. p. 156-170 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 5565 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Ghazarian, A 2009, A case study of defect introduction mechanisms. in Advanced Information Systems Engineering - 21st International Conference, CAiSE 2009, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 5565 LNCS, pp. 156-170, 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 6/8/09. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02144-2_16

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