Validating metric thresholds with developers - an early result

P. Oliveira; M.T. Valente; A. Bergel; A. Serebrenik

doi:10.1109/ICSM.2015.7332511

Validating metric thresholds with developers - an early result

P. Oliveira, M.T. Valente, A. Bergel, A. Serebrenik

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Thresholds are essential for promoting source code metrics as an effective instrument to control the internal quality of software applications. However, little is known about the relation between software quality as identified by metric thresholds and as perceived by real developers. In this paper, we report the first results of a study designed to validate a technique that extracts relative metric thresholds from benchmark data. We use this technique to extract thresholds from a benchmark of 79 Pharo/Smalltalk applications, which are validated with five experts and 25 developers. Our preliminary results indicate that good quality applications - as cited by experts - respect metric thresholds. In contrast, we observed that noncompliant applications are not largely viewed as requiring more effort to maintain than other applications

Originele taal-2	Engels
Titel	2015 IEEE 31th International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME), September 29 - October 1, 2015 Bremen, Germany
Redacteuren	R. Koschke, J. Krinke, M. Robillard
Plaats van productie	Piscataway
Uitgeverij	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pagina's	546-550
ISBN van geprinte versie	978-1-4673-7532-0
DOI's	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSM.2015.7332511
Status	Gepubliceerd - 2015
Evenement	31st International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2015) - Bremen, Duitsland Duur: 29 sep. 2015 → 1 okt. 2015 Congresnummer: 31 http://www.icsme.uni-bremen.de/

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Congres	31st International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2015)
Verkorte titel	ICSME 2015
Land/Regio	Duitsland
Stad	Bremen
Periode	29/09/15 → 1/10/15
Internet adres	http://www.icsme.uni-bremen.de/

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Oliveira, P., Valente, M. T., Bergel, A., & Serebrenik, A. (2015). Validating metric thresholds with developers - an early result. In R. Koschke, J. Krinke, & M. Robillard (editors), 2015 IEEE 31th International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME), September 29 - October 1, 2015 Bremen, Germany (blz. 546-550). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSM.2015.7332511

Oliveira, P. ; Valente, M.T. ; Bergel, A. et al. / Validating metric thresholds with developers - an early result. 2015 IEEE 31th International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME), September 29 - October 1, 2015 Bremen, Germany. redacteur / R. Koschke ; J. Krinke ; M. Robillard. Piscataway : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2015. blz. 546-550

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Oliveira, P, Valente, MT, Bergel, A & Serebrenik, A 2015, Validating metric thresholds with developers - an early result. in R Koschke, J Krinke & M Robillard (uitgave), 2015 IEEE 31th International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME), September 29 - October 1, 2015 Bremen, Germany. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, blz. 546-550, 31st International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2015), Bremen, Duitsland, 29/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSM.2015.7332511

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