DocumentCode
1271045
Title
A Balancing Act: What Software Practitioners Have to Say about Technical Debt
Author
Lim, Erin ; Taksande, Nitin ; Seaman, Carolyn
Volume
29
Issue
6
fYear
2012
Firstpage
22
Lastpage
27
Abstract
An interview study involving 35 practitioners from a variety of domains aimed to characterize technical debt at the ground level to find out how software practitioners perceive it. The study also aimed to understand the context in which technical debt occurs, including its causes, symptoms, and effects. In addition, the study focused on how practitioners currently deal with technical debt. This analysis paints a picture of a large, complex balancing act of various short- and long-term concerns. The Web Extra gives the interview questions used by Erin Lim, Nitin Taksande, and Carolyn Seaman.
Keywords
DP industry; project management; software development management; software quality; project management; software practitioner; software quality; technical debt; Documentation; Interviews; Investments; Risk management; Software quality; Software testing; maintenance management; software engineering; software maintenance; technical debt;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7459
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MS.2012.130
Filename
6280547
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