Organização de um Conjunto de Descobertas Experimentais sobre Causas e Efeitos da Dívida Técnica através de uma Família de Surveys Globalmente Distribuída

• Nicolli Rios UFBA
• Rodrigo Spínola UNIFACS
• Manoel Mendonça UFBA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/cbsoft_estendido.2021.17296

Abstract

Knowing the causes of technical debt (TD) can help development teams define actions that can be taken to prevent debt items. Identifying the effects of TD helps in carrying out impact analyzes and defining corrective actions to minimize possible negative consequences for the project. In this context, we created the InsighTD project, a family of globally distributed surveys. It intends to investigate the state of practice regarding TD, including causes that lead to its occurrence, effects of its existence, and how these problems manifest themselves in the software development process. Answers from 206 software industry professionals from Brazil and the United States were analyzed. The main causes of TD, the effects of its presence, and the relationship between process models and the effects of DT were identified. Probabilistic cause-and-effect diagrams and a conceptual map focused on documentation debt were proposed to support TD management. InsighTD, the first large-scale study in the field of TD, also made it possible to organize a cooperation network involving researchers and institutions from 12 countries.

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