Analysis of the Relationship between Calls and Changes in the Source Code of a Construction Tracking System

• Luciano Antônio Cordeiro de Sousa UFRN
• Bruno Santana da Silva UFRN

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2017.15111

Abstract

Some systems have a long maintenance period, being modified for functionality adequacy and bugs fix. After some time, it is dificult to answer: Did bugs arise during system development or maintenance? What modification in the system could have caused a certain bug? Questions like these had already some answers in academy, but not always professionals understand how these questions may affect their work in industry. This paper presents a case study about relations between bug reports and modifications in sourcecode over 2 years of a construction monitoring system of an energy company. Understanding these relations contributes to professionals’ awareness about opportunities for improvement in their practice during development and maintenance process of systems.

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