Traceability metrics as early predictors of software defects?

Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2017-04
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Nassar, Bashar  
Scandariato, Riccardo  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/14237
Start Page
235
End Page
238
Article Number
7930222
Citation
Proceedings - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture, ICSA 2017: 7930222, 235-238 (2017-05-16)
Contribution to Conference
IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture, ICSA 2017  
Publisher DOI
10.1109/ICSA.2017.12
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85021391904
Publisher
IEEE
This paper investigates two metrics related to the traceability relationships that exist between requirements and architectural design. In particular, we look into cross-cutting requirements, i.e., requirements that are implemented by several components, and, conversely, into overloaded components, i.e., components that implement several requirements. The intuition is that intricate dependencies between requirements and architectural components might be the precursors of software defects. Using empirical data from one industrial application in the automotive domain, we study the predictive power of such metrics.
Subjects
fault prediction
metrics
traceability
DDC Class
004: Informatik