A method for forecasting defect backlog in large streamline software development projects and its industrial evaluation

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1069-1079

  Staron, Miroslaw ^a   Meding, Wilhelm ^b   Söderqvist, Bo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Defect prediction; Early warning; LEAN software development; Quality metrics; Streamline development

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE NUMBER; ACTION RESEARCH; CURRENT LEVELS; DEFECT PREDICTION; EARLY WARNING; EASE-OF-USE; ERICSSON; EXPERT ESTIMATES; EXPERT ESTIMATION; MOVING AVERAGES; MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PREDICTION METHODS; RELATIVE ERRORS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT QUALITY; SOFTWARE PROJECT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DEFECTS; FORECASTING; INDUSTRY;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77955414642     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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