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Monden, Akito Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University ORCID Kaken ID researchmap
Tsunoda, Masateru Department of Informatics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University
Barker, Mike Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Matsumoto, Kenichi Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Abstract
Research findings are often expressed as short startling sentences or software engineering (SE) beliefs such as “about 80 percent of the defects come from 20 percent of the modules” and “peer reviews catch 60 percent of the defects” [2]. Such SE beliefs are particularly important in industry, as they are attention-getting, easily understandable, and thus practically useful. In this paper we examine the power of such SE beliefs to justify process improvement through empirical validation of selected beliefs related to the increase or decrease of defects in system testing. We explore four basic SE beliefs in data from two midsize embedded software development organizations in Japan, and based on this information, identify possible process improvement actions for each organization. Based on our study, even small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can use this approach to find possible directions to improve their process, which will result in better products.
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D.2.19 Software Quality/SQA
D.2.8.c Process metrics
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Published in: IT Professional "Examining Software Engineering Beliefs about System Testing Defects" ( Volume: 19, Issue: 2, March-April 2017 )
Published Date
2017-03
Publication Title
IT Professional
Volume
volume19
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issue2
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IEEE
Start Page
58
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64
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1520-9202
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AA11321715
Content Type
Journal Article
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English
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岡山大学
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.ja
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https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2017.31