Search for dissertations about: "technical debt"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words technical debt.

  1. 1. On Identifying Technical Debt using Bug Reports in Practice

    Author : Lakmal Silva; Michael Unterkalmsteiner; Krzysztof Wnuk; Niklas Lavesson; Davide Taibi; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Technical Debt; Architectural Technical Debt; Documentation Debt; Empirical Software Engineering; Design Science; Programvaruteknik; Software Engineering;

    Abstract : Context: In an era where every industry is impacted by software, it is vital to keep software costs under control for organizations to be competitive. A key factor contributing to software costs is software maintenance where a significant proportion is utilized to deal with different types of technical debt. READ MORE

  2. 2. An Empirical Investigation of the Harmfulness of Architectural Technical Debt

    Author : Terese Besker; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Software Engineering; Morale; Mixed-methods; Software Architecture; Empirical Research; Software Quality; Software Developing Productivity; Technical Debt;

    Abstract : Background: In order to survive in today's fast-growing and ever fast-changing business environments, large-scale software companies need to deliver customer value continuously, both from a short- and long-term perspective. However, the consequences of potential long-term and far-reaching negative effects of shortcuts and quick fixes made during the software development lifecycle, described as Technical Debt (TD), can impede the software development process. READ MORE

  3. 3. Understanding Technical Debt and Assumption-Related Challenges in the Domain of Cyber-Physical Systems

    Author : Md Abdullah Al Mamun; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Technical Debt; Cyber-Physical Systems; Assumptions; Software Engineering;

    Abstract : In today's world software is contributing a substantial part of the new functionalities and innovations of the automotive industry. So the size and the complexity of the software is dramatically increasing with time, which comes with additional challenges, e.g., implicit assumptions or technical debt. READ MORE

  4. 4. Technical Debt: An empirical investigation of its harmfulness and on management strategies in industry

    Author : Terese Besker; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Developer Morale; Empirical Research; Software Quality; Technical Debt; Software Developing Productivity; Software Engineering; Software Architecture; Mixed-methods;

    Abstract : Background: In order to survive in today's fast-growing and ever fast-changing business environment, software companies need to continuously deliver customer value, both from a short- and long-term perspective. However, the consequences of potential long-term and far-reaching negative effects of shortcuts and quick fixes made during the software development lifecycle, described as Technical Debt (TD), can impede the software development process. READ MORE

  5. 5. Proactive Software Complexity Assessment

    Author : Vard Antinyan; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; complexity; metric; measure; code; requirement; software quality; technical risk; technical debt; continuous integration; agile development;

    Abstract : Large software development companies primarily deliver value to their customers by continuously enhancing the functionality of their products. Continuously developing software for customers insures the enduring success of a company. READ MORE