Managing technical debt in software-reliant systems

Proceedings of the FSE/SDP Workshop on the Future of Software Engineering Research, FoSER 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 47-51

  Brown, Nanette ^a   Cai, Yuanfang ^b   Guo, Yuepu ^c   Kazman, Rick ^a,d   Kim, Miryung ^e   Kruchten, Philippe ^f   Lim, Erin ^f   MacCormack, Alan ^g   Nord, Robert ^a   Ozkaya, Ipek ^a   Sangwan, Raghvinder ^h   Seaman, Carolyn ^c,j   Sullivan, Kevin ^a,i   Zazworka, Nico ^c,j  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^j Fraunhofer Center   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Design decision trade off; Large scale system development; Software metrics; Technical debt

Indexed keywords

AGILE DEVELOPMENT; BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COMPLEX SOFTWARE; DESIGN DECISION TRADE-OFF; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; ONE DIMENSION; RESEARCH AGENDA; SOFTWARE ENGINEERS; SOFTWARE METRICS; TECHNICAL DEBT;

COMMERCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79951604076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1882362.1882373     Document Type: Conference Paper

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